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Re:The Talent Shortage Myth and Why HR Should Get Out of the... by bennyg on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @08:51PM (#5483399)
Yep. A buddy of mine and a DAMN good Android developer (and overall highly intelligent man) is not getting hired on at my job (a CS research arm of the University) because HR can't accept the fact he doesn't have a Bachelors. He's literally 2 months away from it, and his contract with Tek Systems is up in a couple weeks. It's absolutely fucking stupid.
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Re:The Talent Shortage Myth and Why HR Should Get Out of the... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @10:08PM (#5483745)
He in the Chicago area by chance? We're hiring, and need an Android developer. We don't care about education whatsoever, just if you can do the job.
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Re:The Talent Shortage Myth and Why HR Should Get Out of the... by amorphid on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @05:16AM (#5485049)
Is Mr. Damn Good Android Developer single? Take his temperature and tell HR he has a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry w/ Specialization In Mecurial Heat Transfer from the New School of Thought where he completed 98.6 units.

I'm not sure that joke actually made any sense, but it sounded good in my head. Your HR department sounds so thick skulled they might actually by it.

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Re:The Talent Shortage Myth and Why HR Should Get Out of the... by lawnchair_larry on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @10:22PM (#5483799)
Haha, sounds like the University is insecure about the value of its own product. That's like dogfooding, in some twisted way.
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