[Offtopic] Skill shortage forces Google to search offshore

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Skill shortage forces Google to search offshore
May 2, 2007 - 1:55PM

<http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/skill-shortage-forces-search-
offshore/2007/05/02/1177788202848.html>

Google is having to search the United States for IT workers to staff the 
search engine's growing operations in Australia.

The Silicon Valley-based company will host an Australian-themed open day 
next Tuesday at its global headquarters in Mountain View, California. 

The session, branded G'day Google, will urge both American engineers and 
some of the 100,000 Australian expats in California to help address the 
chronic shortage of IT workers in Australia ..

According to Google's careers page, the company is currently seeking 20 
engineers for its Australian operations.

"We're going to hire as many quality engineering candidates as we can 
find," Google Australia's head of engineering, Alan Noble, said. AAP
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Cheers all ..
Stephen Loosley
Victoria, Australia