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Invisible wrote:
> And *all* of them targetting graduates with no experience.
I saw a job advertised as needing people capable of designing and
implementing robust, scalable systems capable of high-throughput transaction
processing. Nobody with more than 2 years experience should apply. WTF?
> I don't think any human being even looked at my CV. I think they did an
> automated search of the electronic details I submitted and their
> computer failed to find the magic keyword it was looking for, so they
> sent me an autogenerated rejection email.
I now have a section at the bottom of my resume that lists all the keywords.
Basically, a blob of buzzwords in a section marked "resume search criteria".
I started that when I got rejected for a job that needed knowledge of ISO
protocols and I had listed that I knew the full OSI suite. (Kind of like
getting rejected because you don't know TCP/IP, you only know Internet
protocols.)
> I'm seriously considering either replying to their email or phoning them
> to enquire why they're not interested. I though I'd actually be quite
> useful to them, given what I know and what I'm capable (and motivated)
> of learning.
I would phone them up and ask whether perhaps they've misconfigured their
software to automatically send out rejection notices, and maybe that's why
they're not getting any decent candidates. ;-)
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Why is there a chainsaw in DOOM?
There aren't any trees on Mars.
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