Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by reader_mode on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:06AM (#26829715)

>Lots of lower-tiered jobs literally just need people to show up and do what they're asked. A part of getting a "first" or "entry level" job is accepting you're there mostly to learn, not to teach/move outside of your lane.

I recently saw a junior CV that said "I can lead and I can follow" in personal skills... meanwhile his CV was full of spelling mistakes and his biggest project was setting up a website for some realestate agency.

The number one thing I would want to see in a junior hire is effort and attention to detail, on the extreemes I prefer working with someone who's less talented but reliable and paying attention over someone who's technically capable but unfocused and all over the place.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by iovrthoughtthis on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:53AM (#26830471)

just an observation: a person who is technically capable but who is unfocussed and all over the place feels like an apt description for a lot neurodivergent behaviour in people.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by goatinaboat on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:36AM (#26830358)

effort and attention to detail, on the extreemes

Well, indeed.

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Re:Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? by reader_mode on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:45AM (#26830422)

How does that compare ? One situation is trying to present yourself to a potential employer the other is low effort anonymous forum board - if you're approaching them the same either you're spending too much effort on forums or too little on your CV :)

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