[aclug-L] Fwd: Terrible Truth About Job Shortages / Trial Taking Toll on Microsoft

[Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

For those about to graduate and go job hunting---good news


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Subject: Terrible Truth About Job Shortages / Trial Taking Toll on Microsoft
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 03:57:06 -0400
From: "Jesse Berst's AnchorDesk" <AnchorDesk_Daily@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


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  DON'T LET YOUR EMPLOYEES READ THIS
  (THE TERRIBLE TRUTH ABOUT THE IT JOB SHORTAGE)

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     Hiring managers foresee a shortfall of almost 850,000
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