I disagree, cutting wages for jobs that should get a wage of a certain rate simply because of supply/demand is just as bad as senseless price gouging in my eyes. Just because the job market sucks, from an ethical standpoint, does not entail a person should get paid less.
Having said that, my comments are in no way directed at this position and its pay. I am unaware of what this particular offering is pay wise and would not be able to say one way or the other if it is what I would consider an honest wage. Soft skills are just as important as technical skills. I also believe education/experience can sometimes be too heavily weighted of a factor. It makes it very difficult to begin in the job market when no one will give you the chance. A college degree is not necessary to perform nearly as many jobs as requires them, however, many of the people who have attained those positions perform far less than a skilled individual who may not have the proper credentials to back it up. It's my opinion that jobs should begin to some capacity or another actually testing one's ability prior to hiring them. After all, what truly matters is how well one can perform their job duties and in a matter that's profitable to the company. In the end, that's really what it gets reduced to. On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Andrew Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 13 Sep 2010, Kyle Gonzales wrote: > >> +1 to William's comments. >> >> What even worse is the number of technical folks who are considered "not >> fit for hire" due to a lack of social skills. >> >> Technical support, consulting, sales engineering, and other roles in >> technology require high levels of communications. The typical Linux >> hacker IRC/email banter does not cut it. >> >> To round out one's work skills, I would HIGHLY recommend taking public >> speaking and/or presentation courses at a local community college. >> Learn how to present, learn how to construct and run a slide deck, learn >> how to communicate with people in a highly effective way. Soft skills >> are getting considered more and more in the hiring process and >> promotions in the technical field. > > This is quite true. There are many opportunities out there for technical > people that can communicate. Technical merit is only a piece of the puzzle. > If you are personable and have the technical skills to back it up, you will > always be in demand! I speak from my experience on both sides of the table > during job interviews. > > I should also probably throw a disclaimer in there that I have an MBA, so I > suppose I am a little biased. > > Andrew > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 > RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml > Unsubscribe [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
