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Sure - employers pad out job openings a bit - but man, people will shotgun-apply for jobs that they are very clearly, to anyone reading the job description, by

by dedward 16y ago

Sure - employers pad out job openings a bit - but man, people will shotgun-apply for jobs that they are very clearly, to anyone reading the job description, by no stretch of the imagination qualified for. I'm not talking about ridiculous requirements like more years with a technology than the tech has existed, but when you say things like "SENIOR SYSTEMS MANAGER" and "MUST have at last 8 years professional experience" and "MUST have an expert level of knowledge of ProductX" And the applicants come in, just out of university, never had a job, have never even heard of ProductX, and have no experience........ what are you to do? I mean, if they put in a good cover letter explaining that they recognize that they don't seem to match the qualifications, but explaining why they want a shot at an interview, or something like that, fine.... but they don't. They hit monster.com or whatever, look for "sysadmin" or "IT" anywhere in the text and then spam out resumes with complete disregard for the requirements.

viraptor 16y ago
It works the other way too. On a local portal, I get at least one php coder position offer a month, even though I don't do any web stuff (I'm a voip devops, let's say).
jasonlotito 16y ago
"And the applicants come in, just out of university, never had a job, have never even heard of ProductX, and have no experience........ what are you to do? I mean, if they put in a good cover letter explaining that they recognize that they don't seem to match the qualifications, but explaining why they want a shot at an interview, or something like that, fine.... but they don't." How did they get an interview? You don't interview everyone who applies. And if they don't put in a good cover letter, and the resume doesn't look good, why bother? If they have technical skills that need dealing with, there are other ways to go about testing those technical skills quickly and without an interview process.

by dedward 16y ago

viraptor 16y ago

It works the other way too. On a local portal, I get at least one php coder position offer a month, even though I don't do any web stuff (I'm a voip devops, let's say).

jasonlotito 16y ago

"And the applicants come in, just out of university, never had a job, have never even heard of ProductX, and have no experience........ what are you to do? I mean, if they put in a good cover letter explaining that they recognize that they don't seem to match the qualifications, but explaining why they want a shot at an interview, or something like that, fine.... but they don't." How did they get an interview? You don't interview everyone who applies. And if they don't put in a good cover letter, and the resume doesn't look good, why bother? If they have technical skills that need dealing with, there are other ways to go about testing those technical skills quickly and without an interview process.