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ITT: I suck at job hunting, do you?
Zingoleb:
Seriously, I'm actually glad I got this job because it lets me know how insanely easy it is to walk out with shit I want and don't want to pay for.
A Wet Helmet:
I just spent the morning writing a two page capabilities briefing for a company that says they want to hire me to run their proposal department. They requested it under the guise of a writing sample, but I had already provided them with one that came out of an actual proposal. This leads me to believe that what they may really be looking for is me to provide them with free marketing materials. Therefore, I spent the morning balancing my ability to craft something that would impress them with trying to give them something they can't just steal and print.
jhocking:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 31 Jul 2010, 14:36 ---This is why dealing transparently with the person spec is so important - the first thing that happens to applications is that a secretary scans them and simply discards all that do not meet every point; they are not looked at to see if there might be some other reason to consider them, like all-round awesomeness.
--- End quote ---
This must be just a UK thing, because you pretty much never match the job description exactly around here. The common wisdom is that employers rarely know exactly what they want until they meet the person that excites them, so the job descriptions are just vague indicators of what direction they're hoping to go. About the only exception is specific technical skills (if they say they want a C++ programmer, expect to be quizzed) and even then the employer may not know exactly what they need, they just wrote down what sounds good. For example, if the job post says 3 years experience, they really just mean "someone who knows what they're doing and isn't a new graduate."
Admittedly you will get past the HR screener to an interview more often if you do happen to hit every bullet point, but the important things is just to be close on most of them. The initial secretary scanning over the mail is not qualified to judge who the awesome candidates are, but they do pass resumes that aren't a perfect match to the people who are qualified to judge candidates. Obviously this does depend on the amount of competition for the job (ie. the more resumes to screen, the more they throw away for missing the right degree or whatever.)
A Wet Helmet:
Just got back from an interview. I feel pretty sure that they're going to offer me a job. Hoo-effing-ray.
If not, I have another interview tomorrow.
Christophe:
Good luck dude. Sometime next week I've got an interview with a bookstore that's opening up in Downtown. Hooooly crap.
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