Comments on: The Specialists http://tariquesani.net/blog/2007/09/14/the-specialists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-specialists from Live Journal to here... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:22:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vaibhav http://tariquesani.net/blog/2007/09/14/the-specialists/#comment-2881 vaibhav Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:04:56 +0000 http://tarique.sanisoft.com/lj/?p=683#comment-2881 <p>There are several situations:<br /> * The project is being done by a "team" of e.g. TCS / Infosys / blah and they *have to* bill the client for X number of resources, so they just hire the guy for $25 / 35 / 45 per hr and charge the client $100+ / resource. So once the guy has enough experience, he gets hired full time and gets paid more.</p> <p>* The actual hiring manager has to exhaust certain amout of budget so people get hired and then they do misc. work.</p> <p>* Hiring companies don't get anyone to do the job so they have to hire someone maybe sub-standard just to fill the position</p> There are several situations:
* The project is being done by a “team” of e.g. TCS / Infosys / blah and they *have to* bill the client for X number of resources, so they just hire the guy for $25 / 35 / 45 per hr and charge the client $100+ / resource. So once the guy has enough experience, he gets hired full time and gets paid more.

* The actual hiring manager has to exhaust certain amout of budget so people get hired and then they do misc. work.

* Hiring companies don’t get anyone to do the job so they have to hire someone maybe sub-standard just to fill the position

]]> By: tariquesani http://tariquesani.net/blog/2007/09/14/the-specialists/#comment-2880 tariquesani Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:52:37 +0000 http://tarique.sanisoft.com/lj/?p=683#comment-2880 <p><q>And people do get hired based on resumes.</q><br /> What I don't really get is how do the actual employers put up with the quality they get.</p> And people do get hired based on resumes.
What I don’t really get is how do the actual employers put up with the quality they get.

]]> By: vaibhav http://tariquesani.net/blog/2007/09/14/the-specialists/#comment-2879 vaibhav Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:40:53 +0000 http://tarique.sanisoft.com/lj/?p=683#comment-2879 <p>You know the situation here in the US is even worse with <strike>recruiters hunting</strike> head hunters. Half of them are desis sitting in india with a VOIP phone and they have no clue of what positions / technologies they are hiring for or even "where" the position is. All they know is how to use the search box to match the keywords in the position requirements and a candidates resume.</p> <p>And people do get hired based on resumes. I have seen phone interviews with not much being asked other than what the candidate's hobbies were and what was the latest project about and how they liked New York.</p> You know the situation here in the US is even worse with recruiters hunting head hunters. Half of them are desis sitting in india with a VOIP phone and they have no clue of what positions / technologies they are hiring for or even “where” the position is. All they know is how to use the search box to match the keywords in the position requirements and a candidates resume.

And people do get hired based on resumes. I have seen phone interviews with not much being asked other than what the candidate’s hobbies were and what was the latest project about and how they liked New York.

]]> By: tariquesani http://tariquesani.net/blog/2007/09/14/the-specialists/#comment-2878 tariquesani Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:31:25 +0000 http://tarique.sanisoft.com/lj/?p=683#comment-2878 <p>and unfortunately they assume just because they earn more than someone in the east they are that much better!!! I so very hate dealing with those types.</p> and unfortunately they assume just because they earn more than someone in the east they are that much better!!! I so very hate dealing with those types.

]]> By: vaibhav http://tariquesani.net/blog/2007/09/14/the-specialists/#comment-2877 vaibhav Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:05:31 +0000 http://tarique.sanisoft.com/lj/?p=683#comment-2877 <p>Ah well, a lot of those get paid $100+ / hr here in the US.</p> Ah well, a lot of those get paid $100+ / hr here in the US.

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