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Things I wish people who write job postings would stop writing

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Re: Things I wish people who write job postings would stop writing

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Post by pyb »

diafygi wrote: post #57

Can you give an example of a good job posting? I try to make our postings as real as possible[1], and would love feedback. The level of detail goes both ways, though. The vast majority of people who apply don't even submit a pgp resume, which gives the impression that they didnt read the job description. [1]: http://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=66c8368e9c756e78

Your posting is much better than average, as you potential recruit can easily picture what they'll be doing and with whom. However you're still erring on the side of evaluating people on their buzzwords.

Re: Things I wish people who write job postings would stop writing

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Post by bane »

Avalaxy wrote: post #97
Immortalin wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not true, "could care less" is american english while "couldn't care less" is british english

They mean completely different things.

Not when used colloquially. It's called language, not logic.

Re: Things I wish people who write job postings would stop writing

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Post by RogerL »

MichaelCrawford wrote: post #86
ConceptJunkie wrote: post #79

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I learned this the hard way as well. If you've worked with some technology or product, but don't ever want to work with it again, don't mention it in your resume. I mentioned doing some ColdFusion work because, well, that's what I did as part of a previous job, but when I started looking for a new job, I quickly found I wanted to take that out. Of course, if word gets out you're a software developer looking for work,…

I'm looking for work in Portland, Oregon. The recruiters seem to be catching my drift in a rather oblique way, in that just since yesterday, they've been sending me inquiries about jobs in Portland, Maine.

You match 50% of the requirements, that's better than the usual recruiter spam.

Re: Things I wish people who write job postings would stop writing

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Post by cafard »

twic wrote: post #70

An apparently genuine job ad that came to my attention today (i think it's currently sweeping Twitter), from Sportacam in Finland [1]: What we can offer: - Meeting and partying with international sports superstars - Drinking beer instead of Jolt-coke - Making it rain on them hoes - Salary and/or Equity Yes, this will all come true if you fit the criteria. We expect you to: - be totally gay for code - know how to buil…

Clearly they need somebody who is able to talk to other people.

Re: Things I wish people who write job postings would stop writing

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Post by bane »

shamurti wrote: post #106
bane wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not when used colloquially. It's called language, not logic.

Using "could" instead of "could not" does not make it "colloquial".

If it has a commonly understood colloquial meaning you could use colors, hand signals, flashing lights and a presentation of types of mollusks and it wouldn't matter at all. It's the phrase that has the meaning, not the words -- those are inconsequential.

This is why people who think it matters stay constantly confused at common turns of phrase and try to correct them, they've completely lost the forest for the trees.

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