Describing your culture before your technical requirements, and not using too
many ridiculous terms ("Ninja", "Superstar", etc.) for the desired skill level.
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Dan Ritter
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 3:59 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [lopsa-discuss] What attracts your attention?
[I *think* this is the right list. Arguably, lopsa-profession would be better,
but it appears to be completely defunct, or so the archives would have me
believe. Please redirect me if warranted.]
I'm the lead sysadmin, network engineer, and occasional HVAC tech at a small
software shop near Boston. We're a combined IT and operations team of three,
and we need to be four, and that means writing a want ad.
The majority of want ads fall into a few easily sortable
buckets:
- the large company where everything about hiring is controlled
by HR. The ad features an acre of boilerplate text, legal reassurances
that mean nothing because violating them really would be illegal, and
ends with an invitation to submit a resume at a website which either
asks you to complete a dozen-page profile or mangles the parsing of
your uploaded resume... or both.
- the startup buzzword factory looking for a SuperNinjaRockStar DevOps
person.
- the non-technical company which wrote a job description by
summarizing what people think Bob did, and wants somebody just like Bob.
(Sometimes this works out well. Other times, it turns out that
the reason Bob left is that nobody recognized what he was really
doing to hold the company together.)
- the recruiter who has a list of technological skills that must
be checked off, but no actual understanding of the company or the job.
Please assume, for the sake of discussion, that we can avoid most of the above
traps.
What, as an experienced systems administrator, could actually attract your
attention to a job ad? What holds your attention long enough for you to write a
thoughtful cover letter and update your resume?
Suggestions from this thread are likely to be used in an ad on sajobs in the
near future.
-dsr-
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