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Sheila R
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I am a Technical Recruiter and Kathleen & Kerry were nice enough to allow me to join this forum. I have 3 contract to hire openings in Atlanta. Can anyone make suggestions on where to network with experienced WebFOCUS folks who might be interested? 3 months contract to hire, rate has flexibility around $65/hr depending on experience; perm salary can go up to about $110K depending on my client's interest level, some relo may also be provided at permanent conversion, also depending on their interest in the candidate. No sponsorship available. Here is my contact information if anyone would like to pass it along. Thank you so much for reading this post.
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Francis Mariani
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Why are there very few WebFOCUS Developers out looking for work?
- Hopefully this is because we're so good at what we do that our contracts keep getting renewed!


Francis


Give me code, or give me retirement. In FOCUS since 1991

Production: WF 7.7.05M, Dev Studio, BID, MRE, WebSphere, DB2 / Test: WF 8.1.05M, App Studio, BI Portal, Report Caster, jQuery, HighCharts, Apache Tomcat, MS SQL Server
 
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rfbowley
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And there is the issue that I will NOT accept a contract - to - hire position. Being "semi" retired, I only take short term contract work (3 months MAX). The rest of the time I enjoy watching my grand children grow up :-)

I guess you could call me a "gun for hire" :-)


Robert F. Bowley Jr.
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In WebFOCUS since 2001
 
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Prarie
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Do you know if there is a Local Atlanta WebFocus User Group? That would be a good place to find people. IBI headquarters in Atlanta could probably answer that.
 
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linus
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Maybe people are just happy where they are. Smiler


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Waz
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I think that one of the main reasons is that a WebFOCUS programmer needs to be so multiskilled, they are become invaluable in many areas in the organisation.

FOCUS
HTML
Javascript
Networking & Comms
Excel
OS (Windows/Unix/MF)
Etc.

And I guess a lot have multiple languages under there belts.

Cobol
VB
SQL
Java
etc.


Waz...

Prod:WebFOCUS 7.6.10/8.1.04Upgrade:WebFOCUS 8.2.07OS:LinuxOutputs:HTML, PDF, Excel, PPT
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Pity the lost knowledge of an old programmer!

 
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GamP
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Or, maybe there are some webfocus specialists available, only just not inthe States.
I know of some that would love to switch employer but they can't work in the states...


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George Patton
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$110K ?? If that's the going rate I deserve a BIG raise! And like Waz, I'm sort of multi-talented and have to be, since I'm the entire IT department in my small company....


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Sheila R
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Thanks for the comments, everyone. I did join a Webfocus group on Linkedin and so far it hasn't yielded a lot of interested candidates. I suppose many of your comments are true, WebFOCUS developers are very good, invaluable and happy where they are. If someone insisted on being a contractor and not going perm, I suppose my client would consider that. Thanks again!


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