Warning - this might be a bit techy for this blog - sorry if it is.
I saw this job advert on Crunchboard - and think it’s an excellent way of appealing to the intended audience:
$q1 = Are you a master PHP Ninja who loves to code away in the dark?
$q2 = Excel at object oriented [...]
I do find it incredible sometimes how poor companies are at giving candidates feedback during the recruitment process.
Here are a few examples:
The first hurdle - a friend of mine recently sent some CVs into some big IT companies - including Microsoft… and he’s not received a single acknowledgment back. Has he simply been dismissed from [...]
I’ve heard the words “hiring freeze” in quite a few places in the last few weeks - even in relation to some companies who I expected would continue to grow.
I guess given the recent turmoil (Northern Rock, HBOS, Lehman, …) it was inevitable that hiring would change here in London in the city.
However, I’ve also [...]
There is another blog post which should come before this one… it’s entitled “Several million reasons why I don’t want to talk to recruitment consultants”. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t hate recruitment consultants, but I have had many more bad experiences than good - but I’ll save that therapy for another day.
Back on the [...]
