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Software firm has jobs it can't fill
At a time when legions of people are looking for work, Richard McNeight has an unusual problem.
The president of Modus Operandi, a Melbourne-based software company, McNeight has eight job openings he can't fill. He has been looking for months, but hasn't found the right candidates.
"I have two full-time recruiters working for me," he said.
The problem is this: Programmers at Modus Operandi, which has about 60 employees, must meet two key qualifications. They must be fluent in the computer language Java and be eligible for a U.S. security clearance. The company works almost exclusively for the military and intelligence agencies designing software for communications, surveillance, intelligence gathering and reconnaissance.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-09-04/business/os-software-coder-shortage-20120904_1_software-engineers-security-clearance-java
Ohio Joe
(21,755 posts)2 - WTF kind of "secure" work is he doing in fucking JAVA?
3 - He is full of shit.
Baitball Blogger
(46,702 posts)credentials?
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)RagAss
(13,832 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)...clearance though
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)The job requirements are not incompatible. DoD has gone big for Java, and could easily be using it in an air gapped environment. I also would also not be confident that the media got the quote correct.
Ohio Joe
(21,755 posts)This:
"The company works almost exclusively for the military and intelligence agencies designing software for communications, surveillance, intelligence gathering and reconnaissance."
Is what I was on my brain though... Looks like stuff that should be pretty secure... I could be wrong though.
ghurley
(205 posts)I wonder how many qualified have turned down the job after interviewing?
Baitball Blogger
(46,702 posts)David__77
(23,372 posts)The firm where I work certainly has had positions unfilled for a long time. But the qualifications set means that there is a small subset of the labor market that would be both qualified and interested.