>>>>> You may have to do a couple of things to get people. 1) Increase salary/benefits 2) Thechnical people are often lured to high-tech jobs, so you may need to move to the cutting edge of technology to lure them 3) Do a nationwide search and pay someone to move there.
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>>>>I wish our Corporate Personnel Director could here you say that :(
>>>>I cant find any skilled VFP programmers in my area either. Atleast not one that doesn't want a salary and relocation compensation equal to 1/2 the department's total salaries. It's to the point where corporate has all but told me to forget about hiring a permanent person and just stick to using consultants. ;) I figure that will change once they see a year's worth of consultant fees.
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>>>small department, eh?
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>>Fairly small I guess... Taking into account the employees in a company we just bought out, I think our total employee count is now pushing 500 people. Yet our (my) MIS dept. is only at about 20 people. Being that this is a sales oriented company and not technical oriented, I'm not sure if that's a good or bad percentage.
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>Take heart Rox. I am 1 person serving 150. Needless to say I am very busy. :-)

Ahhh.... a kindred soul to the corporate database slave profession! =D)