Simple Simon (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} pieman) wrote,@ 2007-10-11 13:40:00 |
|
Looking for work
Those who have known me for awhile have heard me spout this way and that about resumes and people applying for jobs...
Now hiring managers will get to laugh similarly at me.
This also allows me the privilege of turning my critical eye to the other end of the process.
In particular, I disliked online posting boards when I was hiring, things like Monster and Workopolis. Take all things that are bad about trying to find someone for a position and then amplify it so that anyone who is inappropriate can apply, good idea.
I think I have now moved them into the category of loathing. Yes, I loathe them. I think they are terribly dehumanizing and only emphasize the skills based form of hiring.
A form of hiring I do not agree with. You need to get at the personality and the cultural fit of the person. Sure, they need aptitude for the task at hand, you cannot ask an extroverted hand-shaker to sit in the corner and type all day. Aptness is easy to figure out though, and why we have the 3 month no-hassle termination period.
Without the cultural and philosophical fit the person could be the best person for the role, skills wise, but they won't work out as well as a green recruit.
RIM has their own online board, that is even worse than normal...I cannot attach a cover letter for a particular position. I cannot craft my resume differently for different positions. I can't really use my resume at all. Worse, my check list of skills is huge in their system...but for any of the positions I would apply for is almost completely unrelated, short of showing that I have knowledge of certain fields. Even though I have been programming with Java for the number of years shown I don't want to be a Java programmer there. But they have no soft skills in their list.
Do you think this is because RIM is not interested in anyone who has some "other" abilities? Including an interest in snake pits?
But, I will not make it past the automated gating system. And there is no easy way to contact an HR person there and say to them "So....you have a big company that has lots of openings...lets find a fit."
Not that I was eager to work there anyway.
I am interested in finding a smaller company in the Guelph (or KW) area that needs someone with a rather broad set of skills and is willing to pitch in broadly to get to the next level. Small growing companies, especially tech ones, need someone like me, if they don't already have a resident me.
I can also bring Pie. It says so here on my resume.
Those who have known me for awhile have heard me spout this way and that about resumes and people applying for jobs...
Now hiring managers will get to laugh similarly at me.
This also allows me the privilege of turning my critical eye to the other end of the process.
In particular, I disliked online posting boards when I was hiring, things like Monster and Workopolis. Take all things that are bad about trying to find someone for a position and then amplify it so that anyone who is inappropriate can apply, good idea.
I think I have now moved them into the category of loathing. Yes, I loathe them. I think they are terribly dehumanizing and only emphasize the skills based form of hiring.
A form of hiring I do not agree with. You need to get at the personality and the cultural fit of the person. Sure, they need aptitude for the task at hand, you cannot ask an extroverted hand-shaker to sit in the corner and type all day. Aptness is easy to figure out though, and why we have the 3 month no-hassle termination period.
Without the cultural and philosophical fit the person could be the best person for the role, skills wise, but they won't work out as well as a green recruit.
RIM has their own online board, that is even worse than normal...I cannot attach a cover letter for a particular position. I cannot craft my resume differently for different positions. I can't really use my resume at all. Worse, my check list of skills is huge in their system...but for any of the positions I would apply for is almost completely unrelated, short of showing that I have knowledge of certain fields. Even though I have been programming with Java for the number of years shown I don't want to be a Java programmer there. But they have no soft skills in their list.
Do you think this is because RIM is not interested in anyone who has some "other" abilities? Including an interest in snake pits?
But, I will not make it past the automated gating system. And there is no easy way to contact an HR person there and say to them "So....you have a big company that has lots of openings...lets find a fit."
Not that I was eager to work there anyway.
I am interested in finding a smaller company in the Guelph (or KW) area that needs someone with a rather broad set of skills and is willing to pitch in broadly to get to the next level. Small growing companies, especially tech ones, need someone like me, if they don't already have a resident me.
I can also bring Pie. It says so here on my resume.
