We are in a new world of recruiters now - most of them are technically clueless and act as gatekeepers. I for one only have a textbook knowledge of db/2 and opportunities are far and few between that do not require it.
On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 8:35 AM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > The one's I've seen mostly require CICS, DB2, IMS, MQ or WAS experience. > I'd certainly be interested in a development position in HLASM, PL/I, REXX > or a language to be learned on the job. How many of the reqs are real and > how many are just stockpiling resumes? > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf > of Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021 10:49 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Recruiters are looking for mainframers > > Not too long ago on the RACF-L listserv someone mentioned a dearth of > mainframe jobs, and I opened my mouth and put my foot in it: I said I get > emails from recruiters pretty frequently and I could pass along some of > them if anyone was interested. I immediately became the possessor of a > short distribution list of folks from RACF-L who were interested in seeing > any interesting-looking reqs I got. > > Just about that time the COVID problem became real (I guess it was longer > ago than I realized), so nowadays instead of half a dozen in a week I get > only two or three tops. I'm still passing them along...but it occurs to > me maybe the handful of people on my list aren't the only ones out there > interested in finding mainframe work. > > The reqs I get are usually (but not always) for contract work, almost > always (with only a few exceptions) for the mainframe, about half for > security and half for development of some kind. I'm not getting anything > for this, nor asking anything; all I do is create a new email, attach a few > emails to it and send it to the list. So if anyone here is looking around, > let me know and I'll add you to my list. > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* from "A Pilgrim's Way" by Rudyard Kipling: > Deliver me from every pride - the Middle, High and Low > That bars me from a brother's side, whatever pride he show */ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
