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Better job ads

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  1. @David

    Why are you letting them know? —

    Because these job ads rub me the wrong way. They show a lack of respect for techies.

    I may not be looking for a job right now, but I expect companies to respect people with tech. skills.

  2. David says:

    Yes, the first thing I do when looking for a job is to discard all the employers that are looking for people with very specific skills to fit their needs (e.g experience with C++, MFC, MySQL and Perl) instead of a more generic (e.g {Bachelor, Master’s} degree in plus experience in one of the following languages: ).

    I found that these companies usually work on a hire lot indiscriminately in good times and fire equally indiscriminately. It indicates that they are not willing to hire a smart person, invest in him, and keep him happily employed and rewarded appropriately: they want a disposable employee that can hit the ground running.

    Why are you letting them know? — it as a great filter to use :).