[fintstone]

More technical or skilled positions are often the easiest (assuming you have the skills/knowledge) to staff or apply for because it is hard to schmooze your way through a good interview. To be simplistic, you can either type 40 words per minute or 120. Obviously customer service type positions may require more personality based skills. Management, sale, etc are tougher because personality is a large part of the job and what is good/effective is often subjective. For example....after I was hired in my current job...after seeing in me action...my boss proclaimed to a confidant..."I hired an *******.......exactly what I wanted). Of course now that I have crushed his opposition, destroyed his enemies, and fixed his problems for him...he is a bit weary of working with an "*******" and tends to surround himself with yesmen and push out. None are competent but they buy him lots of drinks. I don't really know where the line willl be drawn between his "needing me and my skills" to finding my advice intolerable because it is not exactly what he wants to hear. I image if I tell him one more time that he cannot do what he wants...because he will go to jail...after all his "buddies" have said, "great idea boss!"... that I will be looking for other employment...or he will be lookig for a new set of teeth...or both. Clearly if you are brought in as a "change agent"...once the changes are implemented and working...your value is diminished.