Date:         Thu, 15 Jan 1998 08:43:05 -0500
Reply-To:     girish.s.patel@CCMAIL.CENSUS.GOV
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         girish.s.patel@CCMAIL.CENSUS.GOV
Subject:      Re[3]: US SAS Contracts???
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Telecommunication company, MCI at Colorado location usually hires contractors
from Headhunters. You should get information from them. Since U.K. (Pound)  has
higher value than U.S.A. (Dollar $), you should compromise/consider the
difference
in relocation & salary.
 
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Subject: Re: US SAS Contracts???
Author:  <TWB2%Rates%FAR@bangate.pge.com> at SMTP-GATEWAY
Date:    1/14/98 10:44 AM
 
 
Martin, Do you happen to be a US citizen or legal resident of the US?  If not,
there are laws and procedures to prevent you from "displacing" a native worker
or even from entering the country.  Do you have much experience?  In what
industry?  Unless you can get someone to testify that you have skills which are
not available from a native, it will be difficult for you to legally work in the
US.
 
There are quite a few "body shops" which can place you without understanding the
acronyms on your resume.  These positions pay $25/hr - $35/hr in a large city.
You may be able to get a copy of the Denver Post internationally, to read the
local ads.  There are also consulting houses which hire you on salary and place
you in contracts.  I have not looked at the rates recently.  Once you know
someone, you may be able to contract directly.  This avoids the agency fees, but
involves you in business details an employee can ignore.
 
If you have a usenet newsgroup reader (or a web browser pointed at DejaVu),
there are newsgroups for US contracts and for individual states or areas (I
check something like ba.contracts for San Francisco Bay Area positions when this
contract gets me down).
 
Good luck,
Tim Berryhill - Contract Programmer and General Wizard
TWB2@PGE.COM or http://www.aartwolf.com/twb.html
Frequently at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco
The correlation coefficient between their views and
my postings is slightly less than 0
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Sent by:"Martin Banks" <M.Banks@ADDER.DEMON.CO.UK>
 I'm a SAS contractor currently working in the UK but I want to try to
get work in the US preferably in Minnesota or Colorado.
 
Does anybody have any pointers for me?  How does contracting in the US
differ to the UK?  Are there agencies there I can contact?  Your help is
appreciated.
 
 
Martin
 
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