RE: Another interview thread ...

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

--- Lurker writer <lurker_writer -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:
> I have to agree with John Posada that what companies state in their
> ads or job decriptions to headhunters/agencies is just a shopping
> list for the "ideal" candidate.

There is more of a problem with this than just the qualification
issue and not getting enough interested inteviews.

One of the reasons i like being a contractor is I usualy get to learn
new stuff with each contract and infact, won't consider a contract if
I'm not going to learn something while I'm there. I may even take a
little lower rate so they will hire me and have partience with me
while I pick it up (maybe I'll cut my asking price by $5 per hour).
So, I look at the job specifications and I see I can do most of the
requirements...at least enough to get the job At the same time, I see
if there is something I'm weak in that I want to learn. (Maybe I
WANTED to learn ASP...right now, I'd like to find a contract that
wants XML experience).

Now...I at the contract and I'm working. They're learning stuff from
me and I'm producing. What?! There IS no ASP? All of a sudden, I'm
not as happy with the contract as I thought I'd be.

The job specifications isn't only there to qualify the applicants..it
should also qualify the company and position.

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John Posada, Senior Technical Writer
"How to be happy in life: Never impose your beliefs
on anyone else and never fry bacon in the nude."
 -- Anon
mailto:john -at- tdandw -dot- com, 732-259-2874

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