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In reply to the discussion: An e-mail I just received from an IT recruiter: [View all]starroute
(12,977 posts)14. It doesn't seem like all that high-level a job
They want someone to manage a webpage, add news updates, and measure the effectiveness of what's being communicated to a global audience.
But aside from that, it sounds like a support position with no supervisory aspects. It's all stuff like "support the program" and "engage with the program team." This is not "project management." And that "Management of the program document repository" part just screams "glorified file clerk."
If you think of it as an entry-level position for a recent college graduate with maybe an internship under their belt, $17 an hour sounds perfectly reasonable.
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Doesn't Matter - They Will Wait For Some Desperate Soul To Take Such An Offer.
TheMastersNemesis
Aug 2013
#7
Able to communicate effectively in a global community Appreciation of global culture variation
Skittles
Aug 2013
#10
Write him back that looking at working as a cashier at Costco looks to be a better paying job...
cascadiance
Aug 2013
#16
But NSA is also laying off 90% of its SysAdmins and going with 'automation'. Cue
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#22
A year from now, with a few thousand more full-time jobs replaced with part-time, and
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#20