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I am currently employed by Travelers Insurance in an analytical
>research department which does predictive modeling for commercial
>Lines. I manage a team of programmers who are responsible for
>preparing the data used by the actuaries and statisticians. Using, SAS
>we perform ETL on from data disparate data sources (legacy main frame,
>RDBMS, text files, etc), and creating SAS datasets for analysis. We
>currently have two programming positions available.
>
>Historically, we look to hire experienced SAS programmers, but this is
>growing harder. Most experienced SAS programmers are either looking
>for a foot in the door with goals on becoming a modeler, or they are over
>qualified. It usually takes us 6-8 months to fill an open position with
>a SAS Programmer; with this in mind we have decided to the position to
>less experienced candidate, possibly even a recent college graduate and
>will train in SAS.
>
>So, I was hoping you would be able to helpŠ.
>
>1. Do you know of any recent graduate who would be a candidate for
>this position? We are looking for someone who likes to investigate
>data, basically solve the puzzle, how do you join these very different
>data sources. Learn about the business, and potentially new computer skills.
>Who currently has structured programming skills? Here is a link to the
>existing posting Hartford SAS Programmer, Predictive Modeling Data
>Support Job - CT, 06101<http://url.socialtwist.com/r?l=6fghq> , which
>we are currently rewriting to eliminate the mandatory business and SAS
>skills and making them optional, with the desire to learn. One major
>restriction is that the candidate must be legally authorized to work in
>the United States, we cannot sponsor for immigration Visa¹s for this role.
