My impression of why tech companies cannot fill IT jobs:
12 months ago: "We're sorry, we're looking for exactly 3 years of PHP and 2 years of JSP. You only have 2.5 years of PHP."
9 months ago: "We think you're great and you aced the interview, but we couldn't secure the corporate funding needed to expand our team. Sorry."
7 months ago: "We're sorry, but even though you're highly experienced, have great references, are very skilled in every area the job calls for, demonstrated excellent competency, and are willing to work for the entry-level pay, we feel you're overqualified for this position."
4 months ago: "The client is a super-seekret highly sensitive government contract position for a critical national agency such as the Strategic Helium Reserve, which requires 12 weeks of background checks, so we can't tell you about the pay, the benefits, the location, the employer, or the job duties, but we'll be happy to take your resume, add it to the pile, and then refuse to speak to you ever again."
2 months ago: "Even though you've spent many years working with a very wide variety of extremely similar [databases|technologies|libraries], those aren't exactly the same as our own obscure archaic [database|technology|library], which only 2 people in the world know how to use anyway. We've spent 24 months trying to fill this position so we feel it's important to find an applicant whose skills are a good fit."
Today: "Even though you're a perfect fit for the position in every way, we're somewhat concerned that you've been out of work for a year and feel your skills may be out of date, even though the technologies involved have not changed at all during that time. We'll also say the same thing about when we first saw your resume 10 months ago, because we don't have a clear idea of how time works."
Slashdot Mirror
My impression of why tech companies cannot fill IT jobs:
12 months ago: "We're sorry, we're looking for exactly 3 years of PHP and 2 years of JSP. You only have 2.5 years of PHP."
9 months ago: "We think you're great and you aced the interview, but we couldn't secure the corporate funding needed to expand our team. Sorry."
7 months ago: "We're sorry, but even though you're highly experienced, have great references, are very skilled in every area the job calls for, demonstrated excellent competency, and are willing to work for the entry-level pay, we feel you're overqualified for this position."
4 months ago: "The client is a super-seekret highly sensitive government contract position for a critical national agency such as the Strategic Helium Reserve, which requires 12 weeks of background checks, so we can't tell you about the pay, the benefits, the location, the employer, or the job duties, but we'll be happy to take your resume, add it to the pile, and then refuse to speak to you ever again."
2 months ago: "Even though you've spent many years working with a very wide variety of extremely similar [databases|technologies|libraries], those aren't exactly the same as our own obscure archaic [database|technology|library], which only 2 people in the world know how to use anyway. We've spent 24 months trying to fill this position so we feel it's important to find an applicant whose skills are a good fit."
Today: "Even though you're a perfect fit for the position in every way, we're somewhat concerned that you've been out of work for a year and feel your skills may be out of date, even though the technologies involved have not changed at all during that time. We'll also say the same thing about when we first saw your resume 10 months ago, because we don't have a clear idea of how time works."