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How to spot "This posting was tailored for/against one particular applicant" listings - Arbitrary number years of experience required. - Absolute requirements
by TrackerFF 6y ago
How to spot "This posting was tailored for/against one particular applicant" listings
- Arbitrary number years of experience required.
- Absolute requirements on very specific tools and environments.
- Minimum Masters degree, even though the work isn't anywhere near that.
- Strong preference for applicants that are well known with the industry.
- Very short deadline.
If it's also a gov. job, then that almost definitely seals the deal that it's for someone internal.
Sadly, with a lot of gov. jobs, there's so much bureaucracy and laws/regulations to navigate around, that it's often impossible to "just" promote someone internal to a new position / title. The job needs to get posted around, and often times there are external boards that will have the final say.
This is obviously to fight and a CYA process against nepotism etc., but also makes it a real pain to get people.