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Originally posted by BlueSkyJaunte
The primary problem, I'm finding, is that the people with the qualifications we're seeking are more interested in getting their PhD and staying in academia. Which, BTW, doesn't pay as well. 
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Well, like me they are probably concerned with being layed off as soon as their project is done versus having a job years from now.
Engineers are now often nothing more than glorified temps.
I learned my lesson the hard way when I was hired away from a stable consultant position to become the head of IT for a company here in the Tampa area. Since it would require relocating me and my family I told them that I was looking for a permanant position and they stated the position would exist as long as the company was around. Well, a little over a year later when all the major projects were complete and most of the busy work could be assigned to grunts and subs I was given my pink slip.
My auto tech job may not have paid me as well as my previous job had but short of my indescretion it was at least a job that I knew would be there for me years down the road.
For people with house payments, car payments and a family to support job security is a key concern when the job market sucks.