jobs in Linux / IT

[James Knott]

Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
> phil wrote:
>> On Dec 20, 2005, at 7:13 PM, James Knott wrote:
>>
>>> Or looking for more
>>> years experience than the package has been around?
>>
>> My favorite of that style was: five years of Java and three years of
>> object-oriented programming.
>>
>> And the people who write illogical requirements always want someone
>> who "communicates well".  How could they judge?  :-)
> At least some like you are able to see the absurdities around. I have in
> mind your previous mail as well.
> 
> To see the absurdity of the system is one thing. To know though what is
> the reason of that absurdity.. is another one. And I guess that the
> reason is well hidden in socio-political processes around - these are
> not really fully governed by logic, perhaps more by short (not long!)
> term gain in profits.
> 
> I personally consider much what I see around as sick.
> 
> First of all, in great amount of cases, not HR people should be dealing
> with recruiting new ones but people who are really aware well of what
> are the needs around. But thats only a part of the problem...

I suspect the hiring manager would generally know what's a suitable
equivalent experience, but then HR takes the manager's list and makes
them hard requirements, without allowing for that equivalent experience
that the manager has in mind.

People in HR tend not to be qualified to make that sort of decision and
that also applies to many recruiters.

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