[Sigia-l] What happened to the good IAs

[Dan.Chamberlain at dom.com]

Giovanni,

I've been following this thread for the last few days and thought I'd offer
up an idea or two:

   Take an honest look at the position, is this something that would
   interest a senior IA or is it a lateral move?
   Is the compensation package enough to attract an already well paid
   senior IA?
   Is the company you are recruiting for the type of enterprise that
   attracts top talent?

I agree with Laura Hunter, a very good recruiter, btw. The USA is full of
excellent UX professionals, the issue may not be as simple as "What
happened to the good IAs in NYC." Look in the mirror... If you're target
market is not responding, it's the message, not the customers.

As for an IA certification, I'd use it to charge more... :->

Cheers


Dan Chamberlain
Internet Strategy
Dominion Resources
701 East Cary Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
804.771.4629
8.736.4629
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sigia-l-bounces at asis.org wrote on 06/20/2007 11:17:40 AM:

> 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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