Re: beep beep

In article <g3dpof$e81$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Blunt and Opaque <piglet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Guy Barry" <guy.barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, in article
<Z9o6k.29895$8k.7664@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, dixit:
"Stef" <stef@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:g3begd$rkm$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In my limited job search experience, the majority of so-called
requirements listed in job descriptions are like the center of a
dartboard - you still get points if you get close, you don't have to hit
the actual center.

Yes. That. (Speaking both as an employee and as an employer.)

I think human resources departments may have become much more
professionalized since then. Nowadays when you apply for a job you're
likely to receive a long job description and person specification going into
detail about precisely what criteria have to be met. I don't get the
impression that these criteria are negotiable, though I may be wrong about
that.

You are wrong about that. Yes, it's true you sometime end up with an
obstructive HR department, and it's harder to get through to someone
in the company who can actually make a discriminating (classical
sense) decision instead of a keyword-buzz one. It's still doable.

I think it depends a lot on how big the company is, too. Large companies
are more likely to have strict policies; small companies are more likely
to be flexible. And that also goes for departments within companies, if
said departments have some autonomy.

And it depends on how regulated the industry in question is.
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