SunMicro is firing and then hiring - an ERE post yesterday reported that SunMicro let all their recruiters and sourcers go and then told them to re-apply (if they still wanted to work there) and that they would be "reconsidered" according to skills. I wonder what the re-hire "terms"will be?

"Sun has announced the need to reduce overall spending in its fiscal year 2009, including a reduction in headcount."
Read more here.

NetApps reportedly let more than half of their recruiters go and kept on some contractors with a promise to reevaluate them in a couple weeks - what do you think THAT means?

Come to the MagicMethod Chat at noon (EST) today and bring the gossip you're hearing 'round the recruitosphere. We'll hash it all out and talk about some things we all might be doing instead during this lull in the action.

Don't be afraid. All this will pass soon enough.

Maureen Sharib
Telephone Names Sourcer/MagicMethod Trainer

"There is a time of reckoning in all our lives." ~ Lorna Luft