Saw this on a Roleigh Martin link.

US Govt job list-- 181,000 Y2K programmers needed.

http://www.federaljobsearch.com/jobs_by_occupation.asp (sorry, link impaired)

Also, 12,750 Warden Secretaries needed. ????

What, me worry, nahhhhhhhhhhh. Just a BITR. What's a few hundred thousand programmers between friends.

-- bill (tinfoil@sombrero.com), August 18, 1999

Answers

I went there, and indeed it does have those jobs listed-- but does anybody have a link to a .GOV site with this info there? with all due respect, who knows when this "federaljobsearch.com was last updated...

-- Super (Slfsl@yahoo.com), August 18, 1999.

Hotlink...

http://www.federaljobsearch.com/jobs_by_occupation.asp

181764 Y2K ANALYST JOBS

That IS and interesting little snippet. Especially when you compare it to all the other low numbers. What do they consider an analyst? (Looks like a private web-site).

U.S. Government Office of Personnel Management -- USAJOBS - U.S. Government's official site for jobs and employment information provided by the United States Office of Personnel Management.

http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/

To create a resume for consideration for "Year 2000" compliance jobs, please visit America's Talent Bank...

http://www.ajb.dni.us

...and access the Job Seeker Registration area. Use the USAJOBS Year 2000 Job Search to look for current postings.

http:// www.usajobs.opm.gov/a11.htm

Most jobs in this section are Temporary Appointments and require knowledge of computer programming and programming languages like COBOL, C, C+, etc. Please read vacancy announcements carefully to determine if you can apply. 

Submit search...

http://search.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/ cgi-bin/wwcgi.dll?WFJIC~WFJICSearch~Y2K

Your search has resulted in 2 jobs. Huh? Maybe they mean job titles?

COMPUTER Y2K JOBS
GS-0334-12/15
INDEFINITE
99991696
GSA, Office of Mgmt and Workplace Programs
WASHINGTON, DC

http:// www.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/jobs/BK8784.HTM

Y2K ANALYST JOBS
GS-0301-12/15
INDEFINITE
99991696
GSA, Office of Mgmt and Workplace Programs
WASHINGTON, DC

http:// www.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/jobs/BK8304.HTM

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), August 18, 1999.

Heres an INTERESTING analyst description... for the The Information Coordination Center (ICC)!!!

POSITIONS TO SUPPORT Y2K CONVERSION

Are you a civilian or military government employee who is a self- starter and would like a great learning experience? Would you like to join an important Federal government team involved in a project that is a top national security priority? If so, why not consider a detail to support the Year 2000 (Y2K) conversion?

The unique nature of the Y2K conversion represents an all encompassing challenge with the potential for many widespread incidents occurring nearly simultaneously, some potentially cascading through related sectors of our society. Some of these incidents are likely to be unforeseen, despite ongoing mitigation and preparedness efforts. The Federal government must have a process in place to respond to Y2K problems that could adversely affect our national interests at home and abroad.

The Information Coordination Center (ICC) was established to implement a process to respond to Y2K problems. The process will be collecting, exchanging and coordinating information from various sources to create a unified picture of what's happening around the world as well as across the United States.

Working for the ICC will give you exposure to a wide-range of different government operations that will provide you with a greater knowledge of how government works.

The ICC will be staffed by civilian and military officials from executive agencies who will be detailed to a variety of positions for a time period not exceed six months to one year. Positions include, but are not limited to, computer specialists, telecommunications specialists, security specialists and managers, analysts, and administrative support staff.

The following are the core competencies for the positions.

Verbal communications - ability to effectively express information to individuals, including high-level officials, and groups, to give presentations, to listen to others, and to respond appropriately.

Written communications - ability to prepare clear, concise, grammatically correct written documents.

Teamwork - ability to build and foster effective working relationships with others and to reach team goals.

Information Management - ability to collect and coordinate large amounts of information from numerous sources, analyze and organize information and maintain information.

Computer/IT Skills - understands fundamental concepts of computer hardware and software. Familiarity with a variety of applications software programs used in GSA as appropriate to position. Understands the internet and how to use it.

Organization: General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service, Office of Information Security

Duty Station: DC Metropolitan area close to the White House at 18th and G Streets, NW, Washington, DC.

Grades: GS-12s and above, and military equivalents, and various grades for administrative support staff.

How to Apply: Submit resume, OF-612 or SF-171 (Revised 6/88 or later) to the General Services Administration, National Capital Region, Human Resources Division (WCP) Room 1021, 7th and Streets, SW, Washington, DC 20407.

Reference vacancy announcement number 99991696

Positions open until filled.

Personnel Contact: Ora Shackelford, 202-708-5300 (Fax 202-708-5377) E-mail: ora.shackelford@gsa.gov. E-mail attachments should be MSWord documents or ASCII text files ONLY.

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Gawd! What an intriguing job THAT would be! Humm... I wonder?

;-D

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), August 18, 1999.

Go for it, Diane!

Nasty commute for ya,though....;-)

-- Lewis (aslanshow@yahoo.com), August 18, 1999.

LOL Lewis!

Wonder if they'd take "stringer's" in Silicon Valley?

What a ringside seat that would be! Almost tempting. (Talk about "high-risk" contract employment! At least you KNOW you'd be fed and housed... in a swivel chair at a terminal).

;-D

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), August 18, 1999.

bill?

Why the title? Are pollies the only ones who can save your ass?? It would be nice, but probably not. Sysman is in there remediating with the best of them.....he's no polly.

I'm sure there are other 'GIs' that are remediating too. My boss is the self-proclaimed 'Goddess of Gloom and Doom' and she's an Executive Director of Y2K Compliance.

So why the title bill?

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), August 18, 1999.

Why the title? I don't know, just came to me. Of course I don't think only pollies are working on the problem.

If this is an accurate number of programmers uncle needs to finish the last 1% of the fixes, it may point out trouble ahead. I don't think there is close to that many looking for work right now.

My hat is off to those that are working their fingers to the bone trying to fix things for the rest of us. Regardless of the outcome, you are still the heroes of the day in my book. I just hope that too may of you don't bail in December, although I wouldn't blame you if you do.

Still curious about the # of warden's secretary positions open. Maybe the were all retrained as programmers?

-- bill (tinfoil@sombrero.com), August 18, 1999.

Deano -

And tell Herself that she doth grow in power and in influence daily. Soon even those in The Walled Street, so secure now in their rich trappings and stock options, will feel her wrath! The Day approacheth!

Oh, yeah, and give her my best. 8-}]

-- Mac (sneak@lurk.hid), August 18, 1999.

Thanks for the links, Diane -- most of the totals by occupation look way off, esp. the "175608 Y2K ANALYST JOBS " , also 23k website designers. None of these appear under the listings by agencies (clicking letter by letter). 100 Y2K analyst jobs appear in DC, none in NY, Calif, Tx. I didn't click on all states.

Looks like a massive "_____ error" in their summation column.

-- jor-el (jor-el@krypton.uni), August 19, 1999.

bill

Sorry I took offense to the title. Had just had a converse with 'ray' and quite honestly, that waste of skin just rubs me the wrong way everytime he opens his trap. Again, I apologize. In my organization there are many, MANY pollies working on Y2K, a few, very few doomers too. But we're all in it together.

Mac

Will do. A lot of folks around here are feeling her wrath as we speak! :-)

Deano

-- Deano (deano@luvthebeach.com), August 19, 1999.

Deano -

To quote Cory H.: "Code, geek. Code well and you shall live."

-- Mac (sneak@lurk.hid), August 19, 1999.