[An agency I have worked for a lot] is staffing a project scheduled to start Monday, 11/25/2013. If you are interested and available, please email us at [their email address] with your resume in Word format, and answer the questions below.Once again, an agency is asking for particularized experience (redactions, which can be difficult) and is paying below-market. Obviously, agencies are hoping to drive the market lower. I understand that, as their survival is, in my opinion, in doubt. Trying to match the rates paid overseas, however, is no way to survive, as that means the people they seek to hire in this city cannot make a living on the wages the agencies want to pay. No overtime, coupled with a low rate? Please. No telling who they got, but it is unlikely many had redaction experience. Advertising the night before the project is supposed to start is no way to get good people.
*Start Date: Monday, November 25th at 9:30AM
*Expected Duration: 4-5 weeks
*Hours: 40 hours per week - No work on Thanksgiving, or the Friday after
*Location: [the agency's] Downtown DC Review Center
*Rate: $29/hour
*Requirements: Licensed in DC; Previous Redaction Experience;
If you would like to be submitted, you MUST answer all of the following:
1) Please confirm that you are licensed to practice in DC
2) Attach an updated RESUME in Word format that includes all relevant experience
3) Do you have previous document review experience? If so, roughly how much experience?
4) Do you have experience with redactions?
4) Indicate any foreseen scheduling conflicts for the next 2 weeks (appointments, days off etc.)
5) Are you currently on a project or have a resume submitted for a pending project?
6) Are you registered with [the agency], that is, have you met with [an agency] recruiter?
On a final note, how confidence-inspiring was it for the agency to claim the project would last 4-5 weeks, while only asking if applicants have "foreseen scheduling conflicts" for the next two weeks? Just sayin'.
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