I love getting emails from "head hunters" looking to fill their client's positions.
I used to work for money and jumped on all these postings and would pray to be accepted. I never understood the phrase "The rich don't work for money" until I spent over a year not working for money and instead used my passion to build something great.
While I'm out of the market now, I do enjoy reading job postings to remind me why I made the decisions I did. Here's one I received today:
Position: Application Developer
Mandatory Skills: Java/J2EE, VB, SOAP, XML
Duration: 6 months (possible 6 month extension)
Job Description:
Role Specific Competencies:
1. Innovation/Creative Thinking, Problem Solving/Judgment, Achievement
Orientation and Listening, Understanding and Responding.
2. Minimum of 7 years technical experience.
3. Excellent organizational, written and verbal skills.
Anyone who has developed in a language focused on getting things done will have to laugh at the fact that this position wants someone "Creative" and able to "Think", while being forced to use J2EE and SOAP. I guess that is what the "Problem Solving" skill is for! :)
Besides the absurd skills and "competencies", the very idea of having an outside agency find your company qualified people who "match your culture" is so business 1.0. At Agile Web Solutions we much prefer Getting Real and hiring people based on skills and passion.
The day we use a hiring agency is the day I sell all my shares and start a new company.
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