[Sigia-l] What happened to the good IAs

[Brett Taylor]

Well, all IAs call themselves Senior, especially is they have worked on
one major project, when in fact they are not; its about money.

When we interview we have no problem telling them that we don't think
they fit the role as a senior IA; what ever that criteria really is. If
we like the person we will offer a position as a junior role with the
option of moving up to senior once it looked like they fit the bill.

So to answer your question, no we shouldn't have a watch dog group, nor
should we have a certification. How are you going to determin what gets
on that certification. At our company we have quite a few senior IAs and
all have different strengths.

If you're frustrated by the resume pool, just weed through it and don't'
call people in if you don't think they fit the role you're looking for,
or set your own criteria for your company. From the resumes I have seen,
you can tell if a person is senior or not.



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From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On
Behalf Of Giovanni Fortezza
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:18 AM
To: 'SIGIA-L'
Subject: [Sigia-l] What happened to the good IAs

Hello all,

I have been on the list for a while and follow conversations as much as
I can and was wondering whether anyone else is currently having these
problems. 

In the New York market there is a shortage of Junior IAs and IAs but
there are plenty of Senior IAs. Which would suggest that there are no
IAs entering the workforce, however that doesn't seem to be the case.
The majority of the senior IAs I am interviewing are at best Junior and
the rest are certainly not senior.

That raises the issue that have seen on this list in the past, should
there be some kind of certification or a certain number of
years/projects or both that an IA should have under their belt in order
to move up a level?

I understand the issues around it i.e. who gets to decide what the
criteria is, who will enforce it and so on. But I feel that as
professionals whose primary objective is the development of a great
experience we need to do this. I have some more ideas as to how to pull
this off but I was curious as to what the rest of the community feels.

Any thoughts?

Giovanni Fortezza  

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