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[Chad Perrin]

On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600
> Chad Perrin articulated:
> 
> >On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote:
> >> 
> >> Generic skills aren't recognized because they're hard to judge and
> >> test for.  People want quantifiable, objective things to weed out
> >> applicants.  This is also why credit scoring has become so popular --
> >> sure, someone's credit score may not tell whether they'd be a good
> >> employee or not, but it's a convenient, objective way to throw out a
> >> bunch of resumes.
> >
> >Indeed -- and the employer who bucks this trend does him/her self a
> >huge service, because large numbers of very skilled and/or talented
> >people are being rejected on entirely arbitrary criteria that have
> >little or no correlation to their ability to do the job.  People who
> >use such critera are forcing themselves to compete with everyone else
> >in the industry using the same criteria, leaving a glut of job
> >candidates who would be great at the job waiting for someone else to
> >give them a chance.
> 
> Wouldn't it be far easier for this "glut of job applicants" to either
> become proficient in the skills stated in the job description for which
> they are applying or do what everyone else does; i.e. lie on their
> résumé. If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to
> the mountain.

1. Pretty much every employer has a slightly different list of keywords.
I guess you think all these job candidates should learn every skill in
the world.

2. Lying is bad.  Go fall in a hole, now.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]