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Re:Congratulations Graduate – Why I Will Never Hire You by rubiquity on Sunday March 16, 2014 @08:55PM (#7412224)
I can only imagine the author of this must work for a marketing agency, because degrading people for ceremonious reasons (like looking away when shaking hands or writing a thank you note) is quite common at such places.

While I'm not a new grad, nor will I ever be one, I can appreciate that dealing with a swarm of new graduate applications can probably be tiring. But guess what? You're hiring and you've chosen to go to that pool of talent. You're better off keeping your mouth shut than offering up a bunch of condescending "tips."

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Re:Congratulations Graduate – Why I Will Never Hire You by Turing_Machine on Sunday March 16, 2014 @08:56PM (#7412226)
Yeah, it's a PR agency.
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Re:Congratulations Graduate – Why I Will Never Hire You by theandrewbailey on Monday March 17, 2014 @09:51AM (#7414963)
That makes sense. I'm pretty sure having/claiming social media expertise is irrelevant to most, if not all, programer candidates.
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Re:Congratulations Graduate – Why I Will Never Hire You by Spongeroberto on Monday March 17, 2014 @01:10PM (#7416403)
In my (limited) experience, any company that is so obsessed with social tends to be filled with idiots.
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