http://the-pastry-box-project.net/mat-marquis/2013-july-27/
Walter
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Read, check.
I like the sentiment, but my experience has been so very different.
What I have seen is that it is still an Employer’s Market - and potential
employers are the ones using these fancy terms. They are not advertising
for “working joe’s” to do a job. They are not interested in hiring the
honest, humble worker. The vast majority are asking for these made-up
sounding titles, along with lists of skillsets and experience levels no
single human could possess. These are the impossible metrics so many firms
use just to determine who gets an actual interview. I have lost count how
many times I have been passed over because I was deemed insufficient in
skill or experience for any interview. So I think often the only way to
survive the first cut is to LIE and say what they want to hear.
Here in the South, there are also so many advertisements for
internship-style jobs – that is, no pay for actual labor.
Of course, not everyone has to face the cruel labor market this way. If you
are getting work from referrals, then you are being introduced to potential
employers in a completely different way from those of us who are at the
mercy of the Human Resources Industrial Complex. I’m really just a graphics
guy – unless what they want is a Visualization Engineer Grade II or a Web
Designer Intern with complete knowledge of
CSS/HTML/Javascript/PHP/Less/Sass/JQuery/Sanskrit/Photoshop/Print
Design/Prepress/Marketing/Social Media/BullSh*t/etc/Whatever…
Best,
Ernie Simpson
http://the-pastry-box-project.net/mat-marquis/2013-july-27/
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I completely agree. But where my experience may differ from Ernie’s is that I’ve developed a working relationship with a pretty cool recruiter with whom all that pretentious bullshit can be left at the door so when we discuss potential opportunities it’s just two guys talking like real people. I’m sure when he’s shopping me around he has to play these word games but that’s his job, not mine, and by the time I start talking with the employer directly there’s usually very little of that nonsense because most of the groundwork has already been laid.
Todd
I like the sentiment, but my experience has been so very different.
What I have seen is that it is still an Employer’s Market - and potential
employers are the ones using these fancy terms.
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…where my experience may differ from Ernie’s is…
Yes, yes – you’re the pretty one 
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[Laighs] Hardly, but thanks. It probably has more to do with my shaved head, satanic facial hair and a demeanor like a Honey Badger.
Ernie, have you tried using a recruiter? If so, what was your experience.
Todd
…where my experience may differ from Ernie’s is…
Yes, yes – you’re the pretty one
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Ernie, have you tried using a recruiter? If so, what was your experience.
I never have, I did not know that was an option.
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So darn right. I had an email from one of them this past week—crappy portfolio and a resume full of typo’s—I kindly let him know that were not hiring Ninjas.
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I agree with Ernie as well.
In my case, my former employer was a $400 million, 75 year old privately owned firm that our management team bankrupted 4 years after my departure, leaving hundreds of loyal employees jobless and with millions of dollars worth of valueless stock.
I spent 26 years with that company, working at night in the warehouse while I attended college during the day. By the time I left, I was VP of Marketing responsible for a $500,000 marketing budget.
However, most of the Fortune 500 companies I interviewed with after leaving my job didn’t seem as interested in my skill set or my accomplishments as they did in building an Ivy League management team. Since I didn’t finish my college at Harvard, Yale, or Princeton, I was quickly discounted during the candidate screening process.
In a way I’m glad things worked out the way they did or I would have never started my own company. Well, at least I’m glad this month. Next month may be a different story.
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LOL. I should have said I started out working in the warehouse and gradually worked my way up the ladder to VP of Marketing over my 26 year stent.
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I want to make it clear that I do admire the sentiment of the article.
This is how my career should have gone: http://youtu.be/UPGMzgGxNWE
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