Also if a company desperately wants someone who has not got the workpermit
yet, they could advertise the position in a way that no one else will be
able to apply to it successfully... so they can prove that they did
everything to fill the position with a citizen with no luck so than they can
apply for the workpermit...

Tamas


On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Robert Kiely <robert.kiely@gmail.com>wrote:

> I could be wrong but I'm betting that either that job no longer exists or
> is
> on hold for an indefinite amount of time or else the recruitment agencies
> involved are doing what many seem to be doing here for the last 6 months at
> least. I can only say 6 months as I have only been looking for a job for
> that long but it seems that recruitment agencies like to keep advertising a
> job whether or not it has been filled or no longer exists, due to the
> current economic climate, because they are just CV collecting. This is so
> they can say to prospective clients that they have X amount of potential
> candidates on their books, a way of driving up their fee and also keep
> their
> staff busy when there are actually no jobs out there for them to fill !
>
> This might sound a bit skeptical but after dealing with agencies for the
> last six months and knowing people that work for two different local ones I
> know that this does in fact happen. As I said this might not be the case
> for
> the job you are talking about but it is definitely happening out there,
> sadly.
>
> I agree with Vitality though, bluff and sure if ya get lucky then how bad
> !!
> B-)
>
> Rgds,
> Rob
>
> 2009/2/17 Vitaliy <spam@maksimov.org>
>
> > cdb wrote:
> > > I'm assuming that Lower Hutt, Wellington, Hamilton and Waikato are
> > > considered to be roughly in the same geographic area!
> > >
> > > If so, there is a company that has been advertising since November
> > > last year for staff.  They have got so desperate that the job with
> > > slightly different specifications is now advertised through 5 job
> > > agencies and the pay is increasing - started off between $50 - 60K and
> > > depending on which agency is looked at is now between $50 -80K.
> > >
> > > Apparently it is for a communications project and i think they use the
> > > Freescale M860 processor.
> > >
> > > I find it suspicious that one agency  (ninetwenty) keeps advertising
> > > they need 5 people - surely the company must have had some response by
> > > now.
> > >
> > > Sadly, the job looks a little out of my league, never played with a
> > > M860 or as yet played with WiFi or Zigbee :(
> >
> > Bluff it. :)
> >
> > I would go to the interview just to see what it's all about.
> >
> > Vitaliy
> >
> >
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