This email has brightened my morning no end...

[denny]

(for background, see http://dennyd.livejournal.com/tag/susan+hailstones - read from the bottom up)

From: 	Hailstones, Susan <susan.hailstones@people-direct.com>
To: 	[my mailing list address]
Subject: 	Perl Development Recruitment.
Date: 	Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:22:19 -0000

Good morning,

I wanted to contact you regarding your request for information on companies looking for 
Perl Developers at present. I specialise in LAMP, Perl & PHP recruitment and I work 
differently to other recruiters out there in that I have live roles so to speak on my 
desk but I also have the networking advantage of being able to get you out into the 
market place and create opportunities for you. 

I understand you’ll probably want to check me out before we speak please feel free to 
look at my linkedin profile page this will tell you a lot more about my services & my 
approach to recruitment; which is different to other agencies. It will also allow you 
to read some of my testimonials both from Developers like yourself and from Clients I 
work with http://www.linkedin.com/in/susanhailstones 

Please also check out my microsite to learn more about me and my approach 
http://www.people-direct.com/perl

If you have any other questions please do not hesitate to come to me directly and ask.

I am sure you’ll receive many emails regarding that post! So I will leave it up to you 
to come back to me If you are interested in discussing things further.

I wish you the best of luck in your search  :)

Kind regards

Susan Hailstones 
People Direct

Senior Recruitment Executive

LAMP, Perl & PHP Specialist 

I am literally crying with laughter.


In other news, 10am this morning was the official meeting to decide if there was any alternative to being made redundant. I agreed that there wasn't in my opening sentence, established that I'd like the extra money for leaving quietly about two sentences later, made small talk for a while and was home before half past.

So, if anyone hears of any interesting jobs going for developers, please do bring them to my attention, or me to theirs - cheers. I've already got a few good leads but more choice is always a good thing in these circumstances.

Comments

[wildeabandon.livejournal.com]

Ahahahahahahaha :)

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

OMG!!!!

That is absolutely hysterical.

*Please* tell me you're going to reply to that. *gets popcorn*

[pooloftrees.livejournal.com]

Evidently you didn't leave that lasting an impression on her before. Perhaps this is an opportunity to ensure that? :-p

[original-hell.livejournal.com]

I adore you forever simply for using the correct spelling of "ensure".

[pooloftrees.livejournal.com]

Wow. I've never had anyone's adoration simply for correct use of language.

My mum was quite strict with me on my pronunciation as a kid ("teeth" not "teef"), and when I was at secondary school I lived with my Dad and Stepmum, and she was a primary school English teacher, which helped.

I'd consider myself good at writing, but not great. Grammar was generally my weaker point, although I think I've improved quite a bit.

I must admit I get annoyed when I read a sentence where the writer has mixed up "they're", "their", and "there".

Anyway, thank you. :-)

[pooloftrees.livejournal.com]

I must admit I get annoyed when I read a sentence where the writer has mixed up "they're", "their", and "there".

Just to reply to myself, as I can't edit my post - I do however understand if the writer's first language isn't English. Plus, we all make mistakes when we are tired...

[original-hell.livejournal.com]

I've been beta-ing fanfic for my housemate every now and again, and she shows me stuff she particularly likes as well; these writers seem to have no idea what a difference it makes to use "insure". Your comment heals my eyes :) so thankyou.
x

[blaadyblah.livejournal.com]

So much for her assurance that she'd not contact you again!

[pooloftrees.livejournal.com]

From Monster (http://jobsearch.monster.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=perl&occ=660.11771&occ=660.11772&occ=660.11847&occ=660.11848&occ=660.11969&occ=660.11970&occ=660.11996&occ=660.12005&occ=660.11904&cnme=london&zip=&rad=0&cy=uk&vw=b&utf8=%C9%98):

Senior Perl Developer (http://jobview.monster.co.uk/getjob.asp?JobID=67025713&JobTitle=Senior+Perl+Developer+Required&occ=660.11771&occ=660.11772&occ=660.11847&occ=660.11848&occ=660.11969&occ=660.11970&occ=660.11996&occ=660.12005&occ=660.11904&q=perl&cnme=london&cy=uk&vw=b&AVSDM=2008-01-07+13%3a13%3a00&pg=1&seq=11) (I presume you count as this?)

Also Senior Perl Developer (http://jobview.monster.co.uk/getjob.asp?JobID=66947271&JobTitle=Senior+Perl+Developer+-+London+-+%c2%a3+excellent+salary&occ=660.11772&occ=660.11847&occ=660.11848&occ=660.11969&occ=660.11970&occ=660.12005&occ=660.11904&q=perl&rad=20&rad_units=mi&cnme=london&cy=uk&vw=b&AVSDM=2008-01-04+13%3a42%3a00&pg=1&seq=9) and they're paying how much!?!?!? (I need to learn Perl :-p ).

Perl and Javascript (http://jobview.monster.co.uk/getjob.asp?JobID=67011549&JobTitle=Perl+Developer&occ=660.11772&occ=660.11847&occ=660.11848&occ=660.11969&occ=660.11970&occ=660.12005&occ=660.11904&q=perl&rad=20&rad_units=mi&cnme=london&cy=uk&vw=b&AVSDM=2008-01-07+10%3a35%3a00&pg=1&seq=3) - £35 - 40k

Perl Dev for stock market software (http://jobview.monster.co.uk/getjob.asp?JobID=67011962&JobTitle=Perl+Developer+**+Fantastic+Opportunity+**&occ=660.11772&occ=660.11847&occ=660.11848&occ=660.11969&occ=660.11970&occ=660.12005&occ=660.11904&q=perl&rad=20&rad_units=mi&cnme=london&cy=uk&vw=b&AVSDM=2008-01-07+10%3a43%3a00&pg=1&seq=1) - £30 - 45k (and probably stock market tips?)

From JobTube ():

"Perl Deverloper [sic] - Moving into Management" in the financial information market (http://www.jobtube.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/root.jobdetail/v/1/j/833080/Perl%20Deverloper%2DMoving%20into%20Management%2DCity%21%20job%20CITY%20OF%20LONDON) - £40 - 60k (or is that £50-60k, it's not well entered)

And another Perl Developer for the financial market role (http://www.jobtube.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/root.jobdetail/v/1/j/848079/Perl%20Developer%2C%20Linux%2C%20Banking%2C%20Perl%2C%20Mysql%2C%20Perl%20Developer%20job%20London)

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

The financial sector does use a lot of Perl, but they pay well for obvious reasons; hard work, long hours, high-stress environment. I'm not sure I'm that desperate to have more money.

[pooloftrees.livejournal.com]

Ok, fair point - partly why I work for myself - I don't want high stress levels either (although seem to do long hours anyway, with little result)...