[Info-vax] VMS Features I Wish Linux Had

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In article <dsg1rtFnaahU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
>On 6/16/16 10:47 AM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <dsfrhkFm2i8U1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
>>> On 6/14/16 11:28 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>>>> Jan-Erik Soderholm  <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> wrote:
>>>>> Today I had a call from a consultant brooker in Sweden. He had seen my
>>>>> profile on LinkedIn. He had an assignment from a large swedish company
>>>>> to find 10-20 VMS developers. This was not for a specific project for a
>>>>> limited time but to fill current vacancies. The guy sounded desperate.
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems as that company do not advert the VMS positions externally any
>>>>> more, maybe there is no meaning, they call the jobb brookers instead.
>>>>
>>>> That is the case with pretty much all technical jobs.  The HR guys,
>>>> instead of doing their jobs, contract the work out to headhunters, who
>>>> bring in anyone they can find on the street.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Worse still, they contract resume scanning out to pieces of software
>>> that don't understand anything they read and can only see key words.
>>> Thus, "5 years of experience" trumps "30 years maintaining Unix Systems"
>>> because the program only looks for the word "experience".
>>> Of course, it could be the other way around depending on what the
>>> keyword is.  And you have no way of knowing.
>>
>> 30 years experience  maintaining Unix Systems. ;)
>>
>
>Which wouldn't be necessary if HR actually involved "Humans".
>Applying for a job today is much more about creative writing
>than actual skills.

I can believe that.  Do pretty resumes get the foot further in the door too?

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