Re: Hellfire/Longbow SW Engineer

["Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org>]

Don't think I said anything about the position not being "real" - I'd
presume that anyone who posts a job description here generally speaking has
a job to offer.

Usually headhunter posts don't list a location for a couple of reasons - if
you list the location, someone might go around you directly to the company
and the headhunter loses the fee. The other reason is, as I observed, that
responses allow the headhunter to collect up resumes that they can stick in
their back pocket for another day. None of that is particularly dishonest or
unfair - it just isn't terribly convenient for someone who might be looking
at job opportunities. (Who wants to keep getting calls from headhunters
about jobs they're not interested in taking? Not quite as bad as spam in the
e-mail, but its the same general nuisance.)

Huntspatch Alabama, eh? Been there. Done that. Nice enough town, but it
isn't home & I got tired of the road. :-)

MDC
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"Jeffrey Bees" <jeffrey.r.bees@saic.com> wrote in message
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> Marin,
>
> Thanks for getting some discussion going with this.  Where are you
> located in Florida?  Our contract is located down in the Huntsville,
> Alabama area, but I'm sure they would entertain other ideas as to how
> to fill this position.  Take a look at our website...www.saic.com.
> More info about the company.  If you're interested in moving forward,
> email me a resume and I'll forward it directly to the project manager.
>  Feel free to correspond via my email jeffrey.r.bees@saic.com.  Also,
> I'm not working for a contract agency etc.  I'm an SAIC employee.  I
> look forward to speaking with you.  Have a great day.  One other
> thing, you were right on the money with your response about leaving
> the location out, except the piece about not having a "real" position.
>  Its real, and the reason why no location was placed is were
> entertaining ideas/possiblities of remote work.  Of course we'd love
> to have the consultant on site 100% but getting the right talent in
> place and working around possible issues is something that SAIC does
> on a regular basis.
>
> Jeff
>
> "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> wrote in
message news:<9qkpkr$s1v$1@nh.pace.co.uk>...
> > "Marc A. Criley" <mcqada@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> > news:3BCDD9DB.E7523A30@earthlink.net...
> > > >
> > > > Please email inquiries to jeffrey.r.bees@saic.com
> > >
> > > As usual, omitting even a hint of the geographical location
> > > significantly decreases the response rate.
> >
> > Its a fishing expedition hoping to attract as many resumes as possible -
if
> > you don't use them for this placement, you use them for some other one.
> >
> > I'd agree that geographical location might improve responses from people
> > likely to take the job - but it would probably cut down on the overall
> > number of raw resumes many of whom won't consider the position.
> >
> > In any event - if they want to build the Hellfire thingie down here in
South
> > Florida, I'd be willing to consider a jump back into the Defense
business.
> > It would be a lot more cost effective than trying to build it in some of
the
> > other places I've seen this sort of thing done. :-)
> >
> > Anyway, its good to know that there is some defense project out there
that
> > has not abandoned Ada. Unless the "C/C++" part means they're looking to
> > translate the project from Ada to C++. :-(
> >
> > MDC