Re:The rise and fall of the skills gap
by tenpies on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:37PM
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There is also the classic "need X years of experience with Y technology" but Y technology has only been in existence for <X years. I love HR departments.
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Re:The rise and fall of the skills gap
by Mountain_Skies on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:56PM
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Saw one last year that required enough Android experience that only the guys who were acquired by Google would be able to fulfill the requirement. It was for a mundane geeks-for-hire type company that churn out template type apps so probably didn't need anywhere near that level of experience.
I was at an interview for a job ad that had similar illogical requirements. When it was clear I wasn't getting the job for other reasons, I pointed out their error. They got all huffy. My doing that is a bad practice people-skill-wise, but it sure felt good getting deserving fools to eat their own cat-food.