Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:23:26 +0100 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: David Brodbeck <gull@gull.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U Message-ID: <20120428022326.GA71425@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAHhngE23MY0DqtnGiYHKEt--Ww_i20zH-tUbZxrpaLE5pusS6Q@mail.gmail.com> 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> <CAHhngE23MY0DqtnGiYHKEt--Ww_i20zH-tUbZxrpaLE5pusS6Q@mail.gmail.com>
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--45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:33:29PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > > 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 a= re > > being rejected on entirely arbitrary criteria that have little or no > > correlation to their ability to do the job. >=20 > Keep in mind in today's job market, and given Internet methods of > advertising positions, the problem isn't in finding qualified people > -- the problem is in whittling down the couple thousand or so resumes > you get to a manageable pile. You can afford to reject some qualified > applicants in that process because there are always more looking. >=20 > Again, this is one of the reasons credit scoring is becoming so > popular -- it's an almost automatic way to narrow down the pile. > Another method in common use right now is to throw out applications > from anyone who's currently unemployed, and only look at ones who > already have a position and are looking to change jobs. Reminds me of an episode of "The Office". The manager gets a pile of resumes/CVs and immediately bungs half of them in the trash. His reasoning: he doesn't like employing "unlucky" people :) Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk+bVJ0ACgkQHduKvUAgeK7GmACdGBaP2m+l7WosVmKWeb+VZaEa RWcAoMhSwr2Iru4Hs20dAroEeTFDXwrr =Q0M6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq--
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