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I think writing job descriptions for ads is crappy work that nobody wants to do and they are often rushed or out of date. Granted, selling idea that your 8-week
by oddlyaromatic 9y ago
I think writing job descriptions for ads is crappy work that nobody wants to do and they are often rushed or out of date. Granted, selling idea that your 8-week bootcamp puts you up there with 8 years of somebody else's experience is not really possible. But turning 3 years into 8 years can be if you can show maturity in your working practices and maybe some passion for the subject. You don't have to be exact person in the requirements. You DO have to convince somebody that you are on that same level of knowledge/capability, just for different reasons.
- kafkaesq 9y agoBut do you really want to spend your precious time talking to people who can't get something as simple as a job req right? If they can't communicate coherently at that stage in the process (and/or just as likely, don't really know what they went from the person they're hiring) then they're probably confused and/or uncommunicative about a whole lot of other things internally, is my general take.
- oddlyaromatic 9y ago>don't really know what they went from the person they're hiring I think this is spot on in terms of those incredibly long lists of skills you sometimes see. If they don't know what is important, they just ask for a Swiss Army knife. And that intimidates people who take the reqs seriously. Maybe your right that it's a signal of a potentially bad environment too.