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Showing posts with label job descriptions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label job descriptions. Show all posts

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Those Phrases In The Job Description? What They Really Mean

Man in manhole covered in you-know-what
Maybe not the world's worst job, but surely in the top ten!

If you've been job hunting lately, you've been reading a lot of job descriptions, job descriptions that look like they were produced by a robot. They all start to sound the same, blah, blah, blah. Perhaps you're not reading them closely enough! Here's what they are really trying to tell you:

Experience required. If the ad doesn't explicitly say how much experience is required then figure if you can fog a mirror, you're halfway home.
Willing to work independently. If you think we're going to pay for training, forget it. Figure out how to do the task yourself, and afterward we'll tell you how badly you fucked it up.
Working knowledge. Have you ever worked in your life? Do you at least know how to make it look like you're working?

Looking for career-minded applicants. What? You want a life outside of work? Bwaaahaaahaaa!