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Exactly my train of thoughts. I cringe when a recruiter wants to know which language I program in and he/she does not get it immediatelly when I reply "any tha
by ccozan 10y ago
Exactly my train of thoughts.
I cringe when a recruiter wants to know which language I program in and he/she does not get it immediatelly when I reply "any that you like" or "what ever the customer wants".
Keyword based job match is however the only automatic solution, all other are to work intensive so that it makes economically sense.
- coldcode 10y agoEven worse is keyword technology and version. "I need someone with X version 5.12" kinds of job ads. Really, you intend to avoid upgrading for the rest of time?
- DanielDent 10y agoThere exist job ads which have the explicit purpose of not finding a qualified candidate. It tends to be a result of things like H1-B visas, union contracts, and other frameworks which provide 'first dibs' on an opportunity to a subset of the global labour pool.
- collyw 10y agoI remember visiting a recruitment consultant after University in the dot com bust of 2001. He told me to add Oracle version numbers to my CV as "Techies love that".