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> HR is looking for "node.js" but you wrote it like "nodejs"? Though luck pal, bye. HR wants a "computer scientist" but you have a degree in "computer science"?
by FledNanders 5y ago
> HR is looking for "node.js" but you wrote it like "nodejs"? Though luck pal, bye. HR wants a "computer scientist" but you have a degree in "computer science"? Same, automatically discarded.
Wouldn't those issues be more likely to occur as a result of automated processing? I imagine that most humans who deal with technical hiring would guess that "node.js" and "nodejs" are probably the same thing.
- NullPrefix 5y agoMost humans who deal with technical hiring think that "javascript" and "java" are probably the same thing
- LAC-Tech 5y agoCan confirm - I spent a year doing C++ because the recruiter thought it was the same thing as C#.
- BeFlatXIII 5y agoJava ?? Java-Script ??? Which is which? http://web.archive.org/web/20171002221201/http://www.jerkcity.com/jerkcity1486.html http://web.archive.org/web/20171002221201/http://www.jerkcit... Originally published in October 2002 (almost 20 years ago from when this comment was made, for you future readers and time travellers).
- arwhatever 5y agoThis sounds like an issue of syntax vs semantics, both of which would be relevant to building any sort of fair (as possible) data format.
- LorenPechtel 5y agoA standard would include standard forms of expressing things--there shouldn't be anything (other than names) that doesn't appear in their dictionary.