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mpouraryan
3/17/2018 2:24:22 PM
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Those who read their audience, understand the message and position it the right way will always prevail.
vnewman
3/19/2018 1:46:17 PM
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I think we will soon see research skills and the ability to learn new concepts take a front seat in job descriptions.
Ariella
3/19/2018 2:19:21 PM
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@vnewman that certainly is more important than any particular scale fo ran agile organization. But I think that most people -- particularly the ones who scren out appliacant is in HR-- think too much in the box to put that kind of thing in a job description.
vnewman
3/20/2018 9:29:02 PM
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@Ariella. You bring up a great point with regard to HR and standard operating procedures. True job descriptions require someone in HR to do an in-depth analysis of the skills, knowledge, and abilities needed for a person to perform their job successfully. A true job analysis rarely happens today.
In its place, folks in human resources typically copy job descriptions off of the Internet, ask a supervisor what they think the job entails, or just take their best guess. Ineffective to say the least.
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@vnewman: Yeah, but then it gets to be too many oligarchies and boards of directors and advisory boards instead of too many C-suiters.
Or, in meme terms: "Yo dawg, I heard you like boards, so I gave your board a board so it can direct while it directs."
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@elizabethv: Indeed, somebody has to do the dirty work! Otherwise, the whole company goes down the drain. They need to take the hiring plunge!
ha-chah-chah-chah...
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@Ariella: What a rare attitude for a recruiter! In my experience, recruiters are generally not so imaginative -- and want to find as close a match as possible to the on-paper job-description and qualification attributes that were mostly made up on the fly.
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@vnewman: Indeed. My degrees are in theatre and law. And yet substantial portions of my living come from (1) writing and (2) corporate communications (marketing/PR/etc.). I don't have a degree in English, journalism, or marketing. (Of course, I will say that both my theatre education and my law education improved my writing ability.)
Meanwhile, two of the best marketers I know do not have marketing degrees. One of them has a bunch of industry-relevant degrees. The other has a degree in psychology. And, indeed, product knowledge and psychology are probably more relevant to marketing expertise than the coursework of an actual marketing degree!
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@Ariella: Agreed. And the issue has been made worse with automation and those online hiring portals like Taleo and Brassring. Now applying for jobs is a matter of gaming the system. Independent recruiters experienced in these systems are known to puff up an applicant's resume to 10 pages simply to ensure they hit all the keyword green lights! Then when the actual hiring manager has to sit down and review the applicant's resume and profile, he or she is boggled by the amount of content to sift through.
vnewman
3/25/2018 11:28:52 PM
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@Joe - I recently read that less than 20 percent of the workforce is employed in the field they got their degree in. Amazing, no? My Bachelor’s Degree is in Business Administration and my Master’s is in Industrial-Organizational Psychology which included studies in Org Development, HR, and Training. In the real world, training basically became computer training which is how I fell into technology. Everyone assumes I have degrees in Computer Science at the office.
This is fun - who else wants to chime in with their story?
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