Re:The real reason new graduates can't get hired
by vonmoltke on Thursday November 19, 2015 @12:53PM
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> They are either insanely broad or insanely specific, which I think is insanely short sighted since you will either get liars or narrow your search down to those with only the exact skills you are looking for while missing candidates with more generally applicable skills.
I'm starting to think that the reason the available candidate pool is viewed as being so poor is that the only people making it though the resume screening stage are the true unicorns and the bald-faced liars.
Edit: forgot a word.
Re:The real reason new graduates can't get hired
by fancy_pantser on Thursday November 19, 2015 @02:45PM
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Isn't your proposed job posting "insanely broad"?
Re:The real reason new graduates can't get hired
by noir_lord on Thursday November 19, 2015 @02:52PM
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In a different way.
Job postings are either broad in the sense they want a unicorn (massive often unachievable in reality skillset).
Must be able to debug kernel drivers, write ruby, be CCNA certified and a qualified first aider.
The kind of posting where you know they actually need two sometimes three people and are trying to get one.
They are either insanely broad or insanely specific, which I think is insanely short sighted since you will either get liars or narrow your search down to those with only the exact skills you are looking for while missing candidates with more generally applicable skills.
If/when I get around to hiring my job post is going to look something like (off the cuff),
"Web developer wanted, experience equal to a couple of years building production systems any of the following a plus SQL, JS (any framework), PHP (any framework), Python (any framework), broad understanding of how the internet/web works, Linux experience (any distro)"
I'm not going to exclude an incredible candidate because they don't have experience of FooJSFrameworkOfTheWeek.js v9.1.2.11.2, if I have to go through 5-10 times as many CV's so what, a little bit of my time now will save me a shitload of time down the line by hiring the wrong person.