The Specialists

Over the years I have been involved with many a hiring selection for ______ specialists at all levels, and I can share an observation that I believe will surprise nobody.There is an abundance of ______ job candidates with impressive resumes who do not possess even the minimum basic ______ skills. Resume inflation is only partially to blame.The bigger problem is that for the most part these candidates sincerely and earnestly believe that that two-day “advanced ______” course really gave them the advanced knowledge and understanding of the system in question.

No, the ______ does not have what most of you might think considering it is from me but the alarming and a very saddening thing is the ______ can be filled up with almost anything and it would be still true. Perhaps a bit more in mid level IT related jobs….

The interested can see where I quoted the passage from https://www.directionsmag.com/editorials.php?article_id=1972&trv=1

  • Ah well, a lot of those get paid $100+ / hr here in the US.

    • and unfortunately they assume just because they earn more than someone in the east they are that much better!!! I so very hate dealing with those types.

      • You know the situation here in the US is even worse with recruiters hunting head hunters. Half of them are desis sitting in india with a VOIP phone and they have no clue of what positions / technologies they are hiring for or even “where” the position is. All they know is how to use the search box to match the keywords in the position requirements and a candidates resume.

        And people do get hired based on resumes. I have seen phone interviews with not much being asked other than what the candidate’s hobbies were and what was the latest project about and how they liked New York.

        • And people do get hired based on resumes.
          What I don’t really get is how do the actual employers put up with the quality they get.

          • There are several situations:
            * The project is being done by a “team” of e.g. TCS / Infosys / blah and they *have to* bill the client for X number of resources, so they just hire the guy for $25 / 35 / 45 per hr and charge the client $100+ / resource. So once the guy has enough experience, he gets hired full time and gets paid more.

            * The actual hiring manager has to exhaust certain amout of budget so people get hired and then they do misc. work.

            * Hiring companies don’t get anyone to do the job so they have to hire someone maybe sub-standard just to fill the position