[ale] I've Been Made Redundant

Bob Toxen transam at verysecurelinux.com
Thu Apr 26 10:03:44 EDT 2007


The typical contract between a company and a headhunter is that the
headhunter's claim to a commission if someone they introduce is later
employed expires in six months.  Thus, if it has been more than
six months since your recruiting experience, there is no problem.

I would not worry about it; contact Turner -- though if they didn't
hire you after all that interviewing maybe it is not worth the trouble.

Bob Toxen
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On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 06:49:46PM -0400, Jeremy T. Bouse wrote:
> Michael,
> 
> 	I saw your response and I had interviewed with the NOC there at CNN
> tower almost a year ago prior to my wife and I moving from California
> back to the Atlanta area. Unfortunately for me the recruiter that I had
> gone through got me in around the regular channels so after 3 phone
> interviews and 2 in-person interviews I never got an offer made. I had
> actually put that position on the top of my list of the ones the
> recruiter had me going to on my trip so I'd always consider moving to
> work there.
> 
> 	That all said, do you know if Turner/CNN have any policy regarding
> trying to contact for employment after originally introduced through a
> recruiting firm? If that's not an issue I'd be curious if you could pass
> me along to whomever I might need to speak with so I could go through
> the regular channels to avoid the situation I encountered before. If
> you're curious or want to pass it along my resume can be found online at
> http://undergrid.net/resume.
> 
> 	Regards,
> 	Jeremy
> 
> Michael Smith wrote:
> > I work at Turner doing Software Development for that other operating
> > system(please don't flame me) and its actually a pretty decent place to
> > work.  It can be somewhat stressful at times but I have to say it is
> > never boring.  If there is any I can do to help you, just email me.  I'm
> > not in Internet Operations( I'm in Enterprise Applications) but maybe I
> > can put in a good word to someone who can help out.
> > 
> > Michael A. Smith
> > 
> > On 4/24/07, *John C* <jcouncilman at knology.net
> > <mailto:jcouncilman at knology.net>> wrote:
> > 
> >     This came in my mailbox today.  Don't know if it's what you have in
> >     mind though....
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >     Dear Consultant,
> >      
> >     Hope you are doing good.
> >      
> >     I have this very urgent req. with our direct client *Turner
> >     Broadcasting*. Please go through the req. and send me your updated
> >     resume with these details ASAP>
> >      
> >     Full Name // Present Location // Availability // Contact No.// Visa
> >     Status // Expected Hourly Rate
> >      
> >      
> >     *SYSTEM ENGINEER*
> >      
> >     *Posting Job Title*    Senior Systems Engineer
> > 
> >     *Requisition #*  79428BR
> > 
> >     *Department*   Internet Ops
> > 
> >     *Location*        United States - Georgia - Atlanta
> > 
> >     *Position Type*  Temporary (Long Term Contract)
> > 
> >      
> > 
> >     The System Engineer is responsible for maintaining daily operational
> >     controls of all LINUX and Web Farm server configurations, system
> >     libraries, patches, OS changes, new product testing, alarms, alerts,
> >     triage and documentation change control and load management. Support
> >     day-to-day operations of all the systems used to deliver content,
> >     which may include web, video, e-mail, application and e-commerce
> >     servers.
> > 
> >      
> > 
> >     *Principle Accountabilities*
> > 
> >     ?        Assists in developing and maintaining processes and
> >     procedures to deploy software and configurations into production
> >     environments.
> > 
> >     ?        Ability to rebuild the production, development and QA
> >     environments with specific expertise in Linux, Unix, RedHat,
> >     clustering, backups and other production procedures as necessary.
> > 
> >     ?        Reviews and suggests technology that will help drive
> >     performance and process forward within Internet Operations
> > 
> >     ?        Identify and ensure the performance, trending, management
> >     and monitoring tools are adequate and accurate for us to deliver
> >     quality products to our businesses
> > 
> >     ?        Work with vendor engineers to validate integrity of systems
> >     and service prior to staging to production
> > 
> >     ?        Performs disaster recovery tests and verifies with other
> >     team members on service levels
> > 
> >     ?        Ability to work with fiber channel switches, perform
> >     configurations, define and resolve all cable issues within the Data
> >     Center.
> > 
> >     ?        Must be able to multi-task and manage multiple environments
> > 
> >      
> > 
> >     *Requirements ***
> > 
> >     ?        B.S. in Engineering or Computer Science or related experience
> > 
> >     ?        5 years of experience in System administration, in depth
> >     knowledge of configuration management using Linux and Unix.
> > 
> >     ?        3 years of Unix scripting
> > 
> >     ?        Must have experience configuring large enterprise, high
> >     availability systems
> > 
> >     ?        Must provide on-call support and troubleshooting
> > 
> >     ?        Must be knowledgeable in Perl and shell
> > 
> >     ?        Must be able to develop tools and understand monitoring and
> >     storage solutions
> > 
> >     ?        General understanding of DR/BCP
> > 
> >     ?        Must be able to communicate effectively with IO team
> > 
> > 
> >     Thanks & Warm Regards
> > 
> >     *Lalit Mohan *
> > 
> >     Sr. Technical Recruiter
> >     Primus Software Corporation
> > 
> >     Tel: 770- 573-4414
> > 
> >     Fax: 770-300-0005
> > 
> >     Yahoo IM:-  Lalit.dudeja
> > 
> >     Email:- lalit at primussoft.com <mailto:lalit at primussoft.com>
> > 
> >     Web :www.primussoft.com <http://www.primussoft.com/>
> 
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