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I had a roommate during my first year at college. This job posting is a pretty accurate description of his work ethic. As unusual as it sounds, yes, there are p

I had a roommate during my first year at college. This job posting is a pretty accurate description of his work ethic. As unusual as it sounds, yes, there are people like that out there. I wouldn't say they're looking for someone naive or exploitable, but rather the few people that enjoy doing this type of work. Some people don't care too much about having free time to socialize. They get their kicks from working a lot, and don't like having "free time" or a gap in their rigid schedule.

larrys 15y ago
My suggestion with anything is never to limit the people that apply to you. For one thing you could scare off someone who is truly exceptional that you would hire even if they didn't want to work 24/7. The other is that this isn't GE and they don't have to worry about getting 40,000 resumes to look at. Things like this remind me of "serious inquiries only" on craiglist which I find insulting and I'm sure that turns off inquires that could result in sales. Having just closed 2 sales that others in my business would have blown off (because of the approach of the buyer) I can tell you that in general it always pays to leave no stone unturned and not to be lazy and limit who can approach you.
- stray 15y ago
  > Things like this remind me of "serious inquiries only" on craiglist which I find insulting and I'm sure that turns off inquires that could result in sales. Just this past week I had my first experience trying to sell something on craigslist -- and I think the reason people put "serious inquiries only" in their ads there (craigslist) is because the VAST majority of responses you get are email address harvesters... Of course, the "serious inquiries only" blurb won't help with that but I'm sure that's the reason for it...