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wyldwolf

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Fri Aug 9, 2013, 08:38 PM Aug 2013

An e-mail I just received from an IT recruiter: [View all]

We are looking for an energetic, committed, creative and highly motivated person to support the change management team on a global change program. This person will serve as the Global Project Communication Manager.
Position Summary:
Management of the program internet web page
Design of communication content
Work with the program team to create regular news updates
Develop review and feedback processes to measure communication effectiveness
Support the program on establishment and delivery of training
Management of the program document repository

Skills and Attributes:
Able to engage with the program team and the business in a technical environment.
Able to communicate effectively in a global community
Appreciation of global culture variation and demands
A first class communicator and an excellent team player
Flexible and able to work outside standard office hours
Experience in SharePoint, Chatter and other communication tools

Qualifications:
Degree in IT & Social Media. Marketing experience a plus

Salary: $17.00/hr.

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Really? An IT project management role with a concentration in social media with experience in sharepoint... $17 fucking dollars an hour?

Is every job in every field being wal-martized?? Sheesh.

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Is every job in every field being wal-martized?? PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #1
That kind of talk is very harmful to American freedom BlueStreak Aug 2013 #8
Brilliant SalviaBlue Aug 2013 #11
well, who was on the Walmart board and later pushed for h-1b increase? antigop Aug 2013 #28
Oh go fuck yourself, Hilary Clinton. CrispyQ Aug 2013 #31
"If you don't want it, we have a firm in India that will be happy to do it" BlueStreak Aug 2013 #2
It's not just the Republicans. The corporate Dems are part of the problem. nt antigop Aug 2013 #23
Agreed, but Cheap Labor [tm] is the central premise of the GOP BlueStreak Aug 2013 #33
and the Dems have done, what, exactly, to stop outsourcing? They trotted out antigop Aug 2013 #35
Hillary: there are "advantages" to outsourcing of US jobs to India antigop Aug 2013 #30
You can be a product manager BlueStreak Aug 2013 #34
Sounds like a webmaster position. Title inflation (nt) Recursion Aug 2013 #3
And credentialism too. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #26
Yeah, the degree requirements in IT are absurd Recursion Aug 2013 #29
That's not a salary... A HERETIC I AM Aug 2013 #4
I did wyldwolf Aug 2013 #6
+1000 ellisonz Aug 2013 #15
Doesn't Matter - They Will Wait For Some Desperate Soul To Take Such An Offer. TheMastersNemesis Aug 2013 #7
It Is Called Wage Parity With The Global Economya TheMastersNemesis Aug 2013 #5
Sean Hannity started with a lot less! randome Aug 2013 #9
Able to communicate effectively in a global community Appreciation of global culture variation Skittles Aug 2013 #10
$35,000 a year - isn't that about what starting teachers make? cyberswede Aug 2013 #12
Looks like it's lawyered. Baitball Blogger Aug 2013 #13
+111111111 Jesus Malverde Aug 2013 #17
that's exactly what it sounds like. nt antigop Aug 2013 #24
It doesn't seem like all that high-level a job starroute Aug 2013 #14
Write him back that looking at working as a cashier at Costco looks to be a better paying job... cascadiance Aug 2013 #16
Global economy. It's probably gonna get worse. limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #18
NSA is paying $200,000. Downwinder Aug 2013 #19
But NSA is also laying off 90% of its SysAdmins and going with 'automation'. Cue HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #22
Bet they just hide them in another corner. Downwinder Aug 2013 #27
A year from now, with a few thousand more full-time jobs replaced with part-time, and jtuck004 Aug 2013 #20
That does not look like an IT project management job to me. MadrasT Aug 2013 #21
"Degree in IT and social media" Seriously? lumberjack_jeff Aug 2013 #25
kick nt antigop Aug 2013 #32
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