Searching for a job online is somewhat similar to online dating. I feel compelled to screen potential employers much as I would potential suitors.
Being the consummate spelling and grammar snob, I am immediately turned off by any errors in either, especially when they occur in employment ads. For example, one company has numerous “oppenings”. Another is seeking an "immargency" dispatcher. One ad indicated that the person be skilled in "Microsoft Excell". These companies should be looking to hire proofreaders! Hey, that gives me an idea! Maybe I can launch a career as a freelance proofreader!
I have noticed errors in grammar also: experience is not "need", salary depends on "Confident", "Suggest customers of promotions", great people "skill", great common sense required. My common sense dictates that I avoid these bogus ads.
One ad for a particularly desirable position indicated that the candidate be "detailed" oriented. I emailed them, diplomatically pointing out the error. I suggested that it surely must be a "test" for the potential candidate, while I simultaneously, and subtly, highlighted my own attention to detail. I wanted this particular job, and I thought my letter would surely get someone's attention. It didn't.
My professor would consider the following to be "agism": "looking for someone who is young". Isn’t that against the law?
One ad, for a receptionist, included a requirement that you can “think off your feet". A receptionist where-at a brothel? I don't think I want to find out...
Being the consummate spelling and grammar snob, I am immediately turned off by any errors in either, especially when they occur in employment ads. For example, one company has numerous “oppenings”. Another is seeking an "immargency" dispatcher. One ad indicated that the person be skilled in "Microsoft Excell". These companies should be looking to hire proofreaders! Hey, that gives me an idea! Maybe I can launch a career as a freelance proofreader!
I have noticed errors in grammar also: experience is not "need", salary depends on "Confident", "Suggest customers of promotions", great people "skill", great common sense required. My common sense dictates that I avoid these bogus ads.
One ad for a particularly desirable position indicated that the candidate be "detailed" oriented. I emailed them, diplomatically pointing out the error. I suggested that it surely must be a "test" for the potential candidate, while I simultaneously, and subtly, highlighted my own attention to detail. I wanted this particular job, and I thought my letter would surely get someone's attention. It didn't.
My professor would consider the following to be "agism": "looking for someone who is young". Isn’t that against the law?
One ad, for a receptionist, included a requirement that you can “think off your feet". A receptionist where-at a brothel? I don't think I want to find out...
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