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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1995199" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>Hiring is one of the most significant operations any company does. Bringing a bad person aboard will cost you a tremendous amount of money. It will hurt morale throughout the company. It will drive away good people, which will cost you money and hurt morale further. And it will irritate you to no end.</p><p></p><p>What people who are looking for me to give them a job seem to fail to realise is that my primary motivation when I'm reviewing their application ISN'T to ferret out all the details that make them a superstar; I'm looking for ANY excuse to pitch this application out and go on to the next one. I try to find the best people by weeding out all the losers. Whoever doesn't get tossed gets looked at in detail, compared with the others and evaluated against our needs. But I'm trying to reduce several hundred applications down to two or three, so you bet I've got all sorts of very broad, very easy-to-apply filters. If I miss a couple of winners in the process, oh well. I'm more concerned with NOT hiring losers. So when asking me for a job, include as few reasons for me to pitch you as possible.</p><p></p><p>Maldur: We're looking for DB2 admins, intranet developers (Python/Plone experience a bonus), reports developers and somebody to manage our data warehouse.</p><p></p><p>LightPhoenix: It's true, many companies act as though computers don't actually exist. It's weird to me.</p><p></p><p>WHY ARE YOU PRINTING THESE THINGS OUT?????</p><p></p><p>Sorry, not directed at you but at bonehead people who PRINT OUT their frickin' email. Sheesh. I would denude a significant portion of British Columbia if I printed out my daily email.</p><p></p><p>Laurel: I think what it is that in a profession like law, somebody's "soft" qualities (attention to detail and communication skills) are very obviously right at the forefront of what they'll be doing every day. The truth is that those skills are fundamental for just about any job that's worth anything, so when hiring you really really ought to be looking for those.</p><p></p><p>fu: that's what trenchcoats are for.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1995199, member: 812"] Hiring is one of the most significant operations any company does. Bringing a bad person aboard will cost you a tremendous amount of money. It will hurt morale throughout the company. It will drive away good people, which will cost you money and hurt morale further. And it will irritate you to no end. What people who are looking for me to give them a job seem to fail to realise is that my primary motivation when I'm reviewing their application ISN'T to ferret out all the details that make them a superstar; I'm looking for ANY excuse to pitch this application out and go on to the next one. I try to find the best people by weeding out all the losers. Whoever doesn't get tossed gets looked at in detail, compared with the others and evaluated against our needs. But I'm trying to reduce several hundred applications down to two or three, so you bet I've got all sorts of very broad, very easy-to-apply filters. If I miss a couple of winners in the process, oh well. I'm more concerned with NOT hiring losers. So when asking me for a job, include as few reasons for me to pitch you as possible. Maldur: We're looking for DB2 admins, intranet developers (Python/Plone experience a bonus), reports developers and somebody to manage our data warehouse. LightPhoenix: It's true, many companies act as though computers don't actually exist. It's weird to me. WHY ARE YOU PRINTING THESE THINGS OUT????? Sorry, not directed at you but at bonehead people who PRINT OUT their frickin' email. Sheesh. I would denude a significant portion of British Columbia if I printed out my daily email. Laurel: I think what it is that in a profession like law, somebody's "soft" qualities (attention to detail and communication skills) are very obviously right at the forefront of what they'll be doing every day. The truth is that those skills are fundamental for just about any job that's worth anything, so when hiring you really really ought to be looking for those. fu: that's what trenchcoats are for. [/QUOTE]
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