[LINK] Skill shortage forces Google to search offshore

[Richard Chirgwin]

Maybe the skill shortage is among people who read the Google NDA:

http://valleywag.com/tech/google/this-nda-never-existed-230407.php

..."we  own you for all eternity, even if we didn't hire you"...

RC

stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> Skill shortage forces Google to search offshore
> May 2, 2007 - 1:55PM
>
> <http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/skill-shortage-forces-search-
> offshore/2007/05/02/1177788202848.html>
>
> Google is having to search the United States for IT workers to staff the 
> search engine's growing operations in Australia.
>
> The Silicon Valley-based company will host an Australian-themed open day 
> next Tuesday at its global headquarters in Mountain View, California. 
>
> The session, branded G'day Google, will urge both American engineers and 
> some of the 100,000 Australian expats in California to help address the 
> chronic shortage of IT workers in Australia ..
>
> According to Google's careers page, the company is currently seeking 20 
> engineers for its Australian operations.
>
> "We're going to hire as many quality engineering candidates as we can 
> find," Google Australia's head of engineering, Alan Noble, said. AAP
> --
>
> Cheers all ..
> Stephen Loosley
> Victoria, Australia
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