[Gllug] VACANCY: Production Support Engineer

[william pink]

No quite, Just being more informative :-)

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 4:49 PM, Iain Gray <iain.dv at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Thanks all for the suggestions. I will amend the post and re-post.
>
> So basically its tough to get staff so jazz up the ad seems to be the
> general consensus :-)
>
> Thanks All
>
> 2008/6/1 Sean Burlington <sean at practicalweb.co.uk>:
> > Iain Gray wrote:
> >> Ok so little success this time round.
> >>
> >> Anyone have any other ideas for job posting to get the kind of skills
> I'm after?
> >>
> >
> > Hi Iain,
> >
> >    I think this was a relevant vacancy advert and I'm glad of these
> > sort of postings.
> >
> > It seems that at the moment the IT job market is buoyant -it may just be
> > that there are a shortage of applicants at the moment.
> >
> > What I find a bit frustrating about job ads in general is that they
> > either don't try to sell the job at all - and focus almost entirely on
> > what they want from the potential employee.
> >
> > Or - and this usually applies to agency postings - they are full of
> > marketing speak ('fantastic opportunity', 'blue chip company', 'vibrant
> > design led agency') - but don't really tell you what the job is.
> >
> > The kind of posts I'm more likely to reply to tell me
> >
> > * where the job is (I don't like commuting)
> > * something about pay
> > * what skills are required (your does this)
> > * what my responsibilities would be (yours does this nicely)
> > * a bit about the company
> >
> > I'm really keen on ads that also tell me something about how the job
> > might progress over time
> >
> > I'm not keen on those that provide a long list of skills that would be
> > useful - these usually make the job sound much more high powered than it
> > is so I either feel under-qualified or think the pay is too low.
> >
> > Supplementary lists of skills could be useful if presented as a list of
> > skills likely to be developed on the job - that the job sounds like a
> > great opportunity to learn.
> >
> > Or a list of skills you'd like and are willing to either pay for or
> > train somebody in (if neither apply - leave it out of the ad).
> >
> > I've drifted a bit from replying to your post specifically - but I hope
> > some the above is useful.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Sean Burlington
> >
> > www.practicalweb.co.uk
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