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Nearly impossible requirements......
May. 15th, 2006 10:15 amPart of the problem I'm finding with job hunting is that it's a buyer's market out there. That is, companies and their HR departments are developing requirements that are almost impossible to achieve. These companies are going for "Mr. Perfect", not "Mr. He'll Do". Even if I trained myself on the areas they wanted, it may not match the requirements, especially if they specify X years of programming experience in a language (or languages).
Even though I have 15 years in the IT industry, it doesn't amount to [excrement]. These companies care more about experience in programming languages than they do in overall experience.
Meanwhile (according to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
daisy_knotwise), companies are looking for the government to grant more H1-B visas because they can't find trained people here in the States to do the job. What's wrong with this picture? What about us underqualified and unemployed IT workers?
[Updated 17:11 15-May to add link to relevant article]
Even though I have 15 years in the IT industry, it doesn't amount to [excrement]. These companies care more about experience in programming languages than they do in overall experience.
Meanwhile (according to
daisy_knotwise), companies are looking for the government to grant more H1-B visas because they can't find trained people here in the States to do the job. What's wrong with this picture? What about us underqualified and unemployed IT workers?[Updated 17:11 15-May to add link to relevant article]
