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“We always have difficulties filling this position because we require specific experience in test engineering in the electronics industry. There might b
by x0x0 10y ago
“We always have difficulties filling this position because we require
specific experience in test engineering in the electronics industry. There
might be total of 150 qualified people in the Midwest!” said one employer of
industrial engineers.
To Hine, the focus on work experience suggested that employers were being
too picky. They wanted to hire someone who could be fully productive on day
one. But at the same time they weren’t willing or able to pay enough to
attract that perfect candidate.
I'll leave the similarities between this and our industry to the reader...
- nickthemagicman 10y agoHR: What languages do you know? Programmer: I have a really solid base in OOP and functional langs so I can pick up a language pretty quickly. HR: Right Right, but what languages are you most experienced in. Programmer: Do you ask a carpenter which brand of saw he uses or doctor which type of mri machine he prefers? Give me a few weeks, I'll have whatever language you want down. HR: We want someone who can provide value from day 1. Programmer: There's your tech shortage.
- jghn 10y agoThis is the #1 problem in tech hiring. Sadly folks in our industry help to perpetuate it, many devs think the same way as your HR person.
- flukus 10y ago> HR: We want someone who can provide value from day 1. This is particulalrly bad, because no one can honestly promise that without knowing more about what their walking into. If the codebase is spaghetti and it takes a week to checkout and setup a project (alarmingly common). They're rewarding the liars.