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And so, finally, 30 days into 2010, I actually get around to the part
where I actually sit down and look at jobs.
Man, if I threw together a CV saying "I am great good at teh computering
of in systems", employers would take one look at it and toss it in the
bin! And yet, a quick search online turns up gems like this:
"Key skills and experiences required for this role are:
Unix, Windows, Linux, Red Hat, Solaris, OS environments. [...]"
Newsflash: Linux *is* Unix. Red Hat *is* Linux. And ALL of the above
*are* "OS environments". Learn basic English! :-P
(I'm guessing whichever recruitement droid tapped this in didn't
actually have any clue what they're talking about, they just copied it
from somewhere.)
Another amusing moments include:
"Company name
RecruitementCons"
...?!
"ultants.com"
...ah. OK.
Anyway, at the moment the worrying thing is that a basic search for my
chosen target area turns up only jobs a significant physical distance
my experience level]. I guess the lower stuff just gets put in the local
paper or something rather than on Monster?
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...and I fail at even getting the subject line correct. >_<
Another mouse-click, another gem:
"Systems Administrator - IT Infrastructure MS Windows Server 2003/2008,
Exchange Server, Active Directory, Citrix, SQL Server, Global Financial
Investment Company are looking to recruit an experienced Systems
Administrator to design, implement, support, document and perform day to
day administration of all the companies Global Wintel Infrastructure."
That's one biiiig sentence, right there. And I'm pretty sure that's "all
company's Global Wintel Infrastructure". (Why is that a propper noun?)
"The successful candidate will be proficient in the following
technologies:. MS Server 2003/2008. MS Exchange Server. MS Active
Directory. Citrix Infrastructure. SQL Server In addition "nice to
have" skill sets would include, VMware, MOM, SharePoint and SCOM. These
skills are an advantage but by no means essential."
Is this just copy-pasted from somewhere? It looks like that was
originally a bullet-point list, and somehow got brain-dumped as plain
text. But there really *should* be a full stop before the "In addition"
part. (At least there's a capital letter there! Otherwise it could be
quite unparsable...)
"This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing organisation with
clear objectives and deliverables for 2010. The company offers
excellent career progression with varied and exciting projects."
Shouldn't *every* company have clear objectives and deliverables for
2010?? Sorry, I'm not too impressed by the workmanship of this advert.
"Please apply with CV at first instance for immediate consideration."
English really isn't your native language, is it?
I mean, seriously, this entire blurb is only a few lines long, and
you've still managed to get it wrong. And you expect me to put together
a 2-page CV which is immaculate and free of all error?
And I'm not supposed to hold *you* to the same standards because...?
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It's a laugh a minute in here...
"A degree is essential, not advantageous but essential."
...? It's not an advantage, but it is essentially? Perhaps you mean that
it's not merely advantageous but actually essential? You're not
explaining yourself very well.
"Ideally you will have 1 year as a team lead of managing projects."
Team lead of managing projects? I get what you mean, but that's some
very strange grammar.
"The position is for someone who is interested in the progression to
full team leader capacity. Hands on and hands off."
No idea what that last is supposed to mean. It's not even a complete
sentence!
"We're ideally looking for someone who hasn't come from a small company
and are used to large infrastructure."
"Someone" is singular, "are" is plural. Your grammatical numbers do not
agree.
"Please apply asap to Tony Chapman. "
I'm reasonably sure initialisms are supposed to be capitalised.
I could spend all day just cateloguing all the grammatical issues I've
found, but the overall impression is one of carelessness and
unprofessional people. If you place an ad worded as badly as these, what
does that say to people about your company?
--
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Anyway, at the moment the worrying thing is that a basic search for my
> chosen target area turns up only jobs a significant physical distance
> my experience level]. I guess the lower stuff just gets put in the local
> paper or something rather than on Monster?
Of the jobs returned, only the first 8 or so are actually for system
administrator jobs. The result are all sales administrators, financial
administrator, one cryogenics administrator (?!), and all fairly far
away. The ones that were the right thing were all high-salary stuff for
experts.
Plan B: Try the local paper...
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"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
news:4b6442e1$1@news.povray.org...
>[...]
> I could spend all day just cateloguing all the grammatical issues I've
> found, but the overall impression is one of carelessness and
> unprofessional people. If you place an ad worded as badly as these, what
> does that say to people about your company?
You are wasting time looking at these IT jobs. Your true calling is as a
PCCC (Professional Critic and Chronic Complainer).
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somebody wrote:
> You are wasting time looking at these IT jobs. Your true calling is as a
> PCCC (Professional Critic and Chronic Complainer).
Heh. If it were somehow possible to get paid money for complaining about
things, my mother would be a millionaire by now! ;-)
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> Unix, Windows, Linux, Red Hat, Solaris, OS environments. [...]"
> Newsflash: Linux *is* Unix. Red Hat *is* Linux. And ALL of the above
> *are* "OS environments". Learn basic English! :-P
Maybe it means "Unix operating systems in general, but especially Linux
and Solaris, and from all Linux distros especially Red Hat". In other words,
if from all your Unix knowledge you have first-hand experience with Red Hat
in particular, that's a plus.
Also, being experienced in Unix and Windows doesn't necessarily mean that
you have knowledge and experience about operating systems in general (most
people don't, even if they are fluent in *using* both Windows and Linux).
--
- Warp
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Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> It's a laugh a minute in here...
> "A degree is essential, not advantageous but essential."
> ...? It's not an advantage, but it is essentially? Perhaps you mean that
> it's not merely advantageous but actually essential? You're not
> explaining yourself very well.
Maybe the person who wrote the sentence got the two words mixed up and
really meant "a degree is advantageous, not essential but advantageous".
> "Ideally you will have 1 year as a team lead of managing projects."
> Team lead of managing projects? I get what you mean, but that's some
> very strange grammar.
Isn't "lead" often used a synonym for "leader"? But the sentence clearly
misses the word "experience" between "year" and "as".
> "The position is for someone who is interested in the progression to
> full team leader capacity. Hands on and hands off."
> No idea what that last is supposed to mean. It's not even a complete
> sentence!
Those British figures of speech... Who could understand them?
> "We're ideally looking for someone who hasn't come from a small company
> and are used to large infrastructure."
> "Someone" is singular, "are" is plural. Your grammatical numbers do not
> agree.
"Infrastructure" ought to be in plural as well.
> "Please apply asap to Tony Chapman. "
> I'm reasonably sure initialisms are supposed to be capitalised.
I suppose that "asap" has practically become a word on its own right
in vernacular English.
> I could spend all day just cateloguing all the grammatical issues I've
> found, but the overall impression is one of carelessness and
> unprofessional people. If you place an ad worded as badly as these, what
> does that say to people about your company?
That they are trendy young people?
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- Warp
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On 30-1-2010 15:16, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Anyway, at the moment the worrying thing is that a basic search for my
> chosen target area turns up only jobs a significant physical distance
> my experience level].
So you are looking or a job that pays more than your current one, but
not too much more?
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Shouldn't *every* company have clear objectives and deliverables for
> 2010??
Indeed! That's why they're saying you want to work there. They actually *do*
have that.
> English really isn't your native language, is it?
You would be surprised how many people do HR because they're too incompetent
for whatever reason to do anything else.
> And I'm not supposed to hold *you* to the same standards because...?
Because you're the one looking for a job. :-)
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
I get "focus follows gaze"?
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