firecat: Why I hate the job market, part 23,523.35

firecat (attention machine in need of calibration) (

firecat) wrote,
@ 2012-06-06 04:35 pm UTC

Crossposts:

http://firecat.livejournal.com/769011.html

Why I hate the job market, part 23,523.35

Senior Writer
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Qualifications: A nearly sociopathic desire for creating an audience
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	no subject maize 2012-06-07 02:12 pm UTC (link)
	I was recently asked to post a job ad that contained as a qualification "Empathy with a creative and technical environment." I got them to strike that line. Sadly, it was one of about 50 totally off-the-wall (and often unreasonable) lines. :/ (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject firecat 2012-06-07 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	"Empathy with a creative and technical environment." What does that even mean? Although I like the idea of general empathy as a job requirement. (But how would you test it? Leave the interviewee in a room with sad puppies?) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject ironed_orchid 2012-06-09 12:51 pm UTC (link)
	I might be okay with a room full of puppies halfway through an interview. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject snippy 2012-06-07 05:09 pm UTC (link)
	As a person who is looking for a new job, what does that even mean? Alternatively, what does it mean to not have "empathy with..." etc.? Sounds like they had a bad employee and they're trying to write the job ad to prevent that kind of person from applying, but it's really better handled in an interview process. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject firecat 2012-06-07 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	As someone pointed out on the LJ version of this post, sociopathy and audiences aren't things that generally go together. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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