IT Confidential

摘要

His name is Frank Pierce (not really), he's been in IT for 25 years, and lately, he's found himself out of a job. It's the third time in 10 years he's been unemployed, but this time it's serious. He was the IT director of a subsidiary of a large insurance company that had offices in the World Trade Center. He was out of town Sept. 11. As part of its recovery process, the company moved most of its IT operations back to its Midwestern headquarters and outsourced some functions to one of the Big Five consulting firms. Pierce isn't bitter about being laid off, but he says the IT job market in New York isn't booming. "I'm looking around, trying to see what avenues I have for networking, but the market is clamped down pretty tight," he says. Pierce says he understands the company's centralizing, streamlining, downsizing strategy, and he's got enough severance to last for a little while, "but if I have to be out a few more months and use up my severance, then I'll be bitter." If anybody knows of networking opportunities in New York, let me know at the contact information below, and I'll pass it on.