Re: FN-FORUM: Oracle GL Business Consultant urgently sought

date posted 9th August 2003 10:46

Elizabeth Varley wrote:

>Thought someone here might be interested, I have no connection to the role,
>so please contact as per below.
>
>Regards
>
>Elizabeth
>
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>If you are an International Oracle GL expert, then there is hope - contact
>Dave Watkin (Managing Director of Holker Watkin www.holkerwatkin.com)
[EMAIL REMOVED] (+44) 020 8540 7722 if you fit the bill:
>
>"My client is a FTSE-100 global Financial Services corporate.
>
>I'm urgently seeking a tier-one consultant to conduct a 6 week feasibility
>study.
>
>Role is ...
>
>... like systems integration partner
>evaluation & selection; and developing a cost/benefit analysis for the
>different strategic options.
>
>City of London based. Immediate start. Initial 2 month assignment."
>

Ah! a rush job, technology (probably platform) preselected and an
immediate start - we all know what this means

* the job is shit/infeasable/insane/... and the selected consultant
walked out rather than have is reputation tarnished with a fiasco
over which he has lttle control.
* the company is in the shit somehow and the "consultant" walked out.
* they went for the cheapest consultant possible. When he arrived, they
realised that he only spoke isbecastani and wrote
in cryillic, They are now wetting themselves because they have
promised results to the board :-)

any one of these or worse a combo would make the job a nightmare - this
does not mean it is impossible - just a nightmare.

Generally the "urgent" and "immediate start"s should make your spidey
sense tingle :-)

I expect someone will take the job but I sure hope to hell they charge a
premium...

I know I am not applying for it :-)

RW (in pessemist mode)