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My feeling is a lot of that is driven by recruiters. It's probably a lot easier to sift through dozens of resumes by looking for keywords. It's a bit shit thoug
by brenainn 5y ago
My feeling is a lot of that is driven by recruiters. It's probably a lot easier to sift through dozens of resumes by looking for keywords. It's a bit shit though. There's plenty of jobs I'd like to apply for specifically because they advertise that they use technologies I haven't worked with. I could spend the time trying to convince them I can learn quickly and my other skills make me an asset, but I'm afraid of it being a waste to do so if a lack of "X years experience in Y" trips some red flag.
As an aside, advertisements for developer positions need some sort of intervention. I'm tired of not knowing who the company is ("Exciting opportunity with growing startup in the whatever space!"). I also see things like "experience with object-oriented programming required". These days that's like saying "we're looking for a driver who has experience with steering wheels" and really puts me off.
- the_only_law 5y agoI spent my entire job hunt last year, neglecting to apply for positions that interested me, because whether I thought I was capable or performing or not, I know that my resume, basically just a projection of my past experience, would never get me through the resume screening step. Actually in fact, the first few applications I put in never made it past screening and I couldn’t even be mad. It made perfect sense why on paper I’m not qualified. I could probably find a way to make myself look qualified, but it’s be a lot of work and frankly, I haven’t had the drive or passion for programming required to do that for years. Probably just easier to quit and find some new career at this point.