Re:Reasons Why Job Seekers Are Not Given Feedback
by cookie_monsta on Friday December 20, 2019 @06:52AM
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I'm curious about what the situation would be where a person had done tons of great writing but could not come up with one sample. Confidentiality?
Re:Reasons Why Job Seekers Are Not Given Feedback
by ghaff on Friday December 20, 2019 @08:51AM
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I agree it would be a bit odd--and something of a red flag TBH.
>confidentially
But yes. One can imagine someone writing non-public reports and analyses for internal or client use only and just doesn't really do that kind of thing in their spare time. Myself, I have tons of public material but I've also written many things I couldn't share.
I've never been primarily a developer but I have worked in areas where one of my primary outputs is writing. When I've hired for a similar role, if someone doesn't (for whatever reason) have writing sample(s), they're not going to get hired unless they produce one. It doesn't have to be an assignment; choose a relevant topic. But I'm not going to trust you that you've done tons of great writing if I can't see it.
And that may take a day or two.