Several weeks ago I blogged about some of the more… interesting… employment opportunities making the rounds within Seattle.

Not surprisingly, at least one of them is still open…  or, should I say, RE-OPENED.

Two friends were contacted right around the time of my original post, but by two different agencies trying to staff that same job; one actually interviewed with the hiring manager for that role; their summary of that experience sparked my original post.

Today, another agency contacted my friend about that same job, which now has a few new requirements.

Enjoy:

A competing agency filled that contract senior project manager  position on June 1st; their new employee hired for that role started June 29th.

Today the agency who filled that job called me today and asked me if I’d be willing to start a job, oh…tomorrow?

I asked what the positon was…they began to rattle off something all too familiar:  Must be very proficiant with SharePoint, must know Excel and know how to use lookup formulas.  They need someone immediately.

But – this time the project manager must be less of a leader and be more of a team player.  And the contract was demoted to PM2 instead of PM3.

Hmm.  After subtracting the federal holiday Friday, July 3 – that contract Senior PM survived either 11 or 12 days with that team.  Based on the original job posting – I think they earned a gold medal for sticking it out that long.

I’m sure the next update will be equally entertaining, if not more so.  The already late project is now three weeks  further behind; it’s a safe bet that hiring manager and team are more pleasant and flexible than ever.

Stay tuned…. :)

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” – Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)

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