Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:03:43 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U Message-ID: <20120427180343.GA8943@hemlock.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20120427163224.GA29149@hemlock.hydra> References: <20120424175026.GD1303@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <201204241833.q3OIXwTR013401@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20120424190227.GA1773@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20120425053133.e920b091.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120425064507.GA4673@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20120425085555.36f91b3a.freebsd@edvax.de> <CAHhngE0OX=b15XSVh89kOurh_6riaL-L5oT_E%2B52Onyhsx7rQw@mail.gmail.com> <20120426215256.GA30059@hemlock.hydra> <20120426184306.783f9b4b@scorpio> <20120427163224.GA29149@hemlock.hydra>
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On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 10:32:24AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 06:43:06PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: > > >On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > >> > > >> Generic skills aren't recognized because they're hard to judge and > > >> test for. People want quantifiable, objective things to weed out > > >> applicants. This is also why credit scoring has become so popular -- > > >> sure, someone's credit score may not tell whether they'd be a good > > >> employee or not, but it's a convenient, objective way to throw out a > > >> bunch of resumes. > > > > > >Indeed -- and the employer who bucks this trend does him/her self a > > >huge service, because large numbers of very skilled and/or talented > > >people are being rejected on entirely arbitrary criteria that have > > >little or no correlation to their ability to do the job. People who > > >use such critera are forcing themselves to compete with everyone else > > >in the industry using the same criteria, leaving a glut of job > > >candidates who would be great at the job waiting for someone else to > > >give them a chance. > > > > Wouldn't it be far easier for this "glut of job applicants" to either > > become proficient in the skills stated in the job description for which > > they are applying or do what everyone else does; i.e. lie on their > > résumé. If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to > > the mountain. > > 1. Pretty much every employer has a slightly different list of keywords. > I guess you think all these job candidates should learn every skill in > the world. > > 2. Lying is bad. Go fall in a hole, now. I appear to have forgotten about point 3. 3. This was about employers going to the mountain, by the way, so your point is null and void in any case. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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