I've written a recruitment app that has 200k resumes and other types of folder indexed in text.
The files live on the disk in/TYPE/YEAR/MONTH and are converted to text and inserted into MySQL database.
They can be searched on name, date record id, free text, type, etc, etc; or just browsed to on disk.
The front end is PHP on MySQL.
These were imported from a files on disk approach.
It can scale with master slave replication, etc. Just keeping it simple helps.
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"Contrary to what you seem to think, the employer/employee relationship goes both ways, and finding and keeping good employees is just as important for you as finding a good job is for them."
No offence but the world is in recession. Nice one dickhead. Finally the attitude that there are employers begging for people to work is gone!
YAY FOR THE REAL WORLD AGAIN!
(Oh and thanks for the US banking system for fucking up the world...wankers)
Its just that knowledge isn't free, it takes time to learn. One way or another IT people are going have to learn the next product or project. When they learn the OSS one license costs disappear.
"Seconded. You'll never get anywhere driving it from the top down with mandatory....."
I agree, but you could go one step further. Bring in your old laptop of min specs XYZ and we will install the latest and greatest Linux of choices A,B,C at no cost.
Don't give people bats but not balls.
If someone thinks their old laptop of desktop can come up to scratch then they are likely to be a supporter of the idea.
For the record: We did this with our staff and branch network at work.
Grow up and grab a bit of clue stick. Yes most businesses are small - infact as far as I know the biggest employer group in any country.
"To most employers, employees are disposable commodity," I have never used this term before but I think you may be that they call here a "FuckTard". And perhaps I should point out the lack of insightful context to your comment.
If you had any (sorry ANY) idea of how to run a business then you would know (ie: KNOW) that in most businesses people are the key.
Also your comments on management are most 'whatever'-ish but I am sure your family are proud.
In closing...
Co-workers rock! (aka employees) We are all in it together - - lets have fun!! YAY! +5 for his comments == leg humping dog mentality.
AVM nice id but poor realism.
My vote:
+1 Infomative - 5 off topic
No offence mate. My POV. Hope it works out for you. Cheers Gob.
"What's your big idea of how to handle Iran, now that they seem dead set on getting nuclear weapons?"
Let them. Only 1 country has ever used them. It seems no pre-requisite on peace or war.
**News Flash**
These are world killers - The knowledge is already out in the wild, the how to.
Maye people of the world have freinds and family and other things they dont want to see made into a dusty radioactive pool of rubble either. Worth a thought perhaps some trust and definatly hope.
Disclaimer: I have been in recruitment for 15 years and use profiling tests.
The key is that no one profiling test can be used in isolation to validate a candidate's 'fit' for the role. 'Fit' is curcial in any role regardless of how specialised it is - (please use logic for both approaches of fitness).
If a company is using these as barrier tests then either it is for a sound reason or incompetance - its just your choice to work out which it is.
I had a candidate recently who did not want to undertake apptitude test in XP because they were convinced all applicants would blitz the test ie: it was erelevant.
Testing in HR is a tool to find a benchmark, nothing more nothing less. If a candidate does not want to undertake testing then it is a CLEAR sign of thier interest in the role (and that is niether GOOD NOR BAD - it's their friggin' life:-)
Short answer: Don't want the job, Don't so the tests....but I failed...
No you did not - suprisingly there may be other people on the Earth who fitted better for the role.
Put it this way - if it WAS your businesses and you did have the house/farm/cat on the line don't you think that it is YOUR choice to make...?
"Just to give a single example, something as simple as a CPU temp monitoring app, turned out to be a nightmare."
Just to give a real world desktop example - which 3 desktop user give a fuck about CPU temp? Yeah that is what I do with my desktop time (and expect my 300 staff to do) - monitor CPU temp. What will it fail the solitare test too???
"but I generally see the failings in being the areas that affect your non-tech users. Ease of use, ease of finding apps, ease of installing said apps."
I have not done the upgrade path - I have just supported windows since '95 and run Linux for all uses except counter strike.
The reason to upgrade I think is simple: I you are a M$ tech then you have to upgrade to suport your clients, mum, etc.
Pretty soon there is no reason to EOL the product 'cos the tech says "Oh I only do XP now".
An example I had was upgrading my '95 box - it came back to me with '98 from the shop because they didn't want to stuff around with drivers in '95.
I know from my own expereinces that I don't recall (or want to) all the details of OS's that M$ has let go of.
If you are a consumer and don't want to pay for support - upgrade - even if you bought your PC last year - because all the M$ goat herders will lack a clue in a few months as they yet again learn new names for the same old shit and deseretaly try to get acredited so they can tell their freinds they are "good with computers".
1. WTF did you get the laptops with support for that much RAM? 2. People you pay $$$ to don't work with shit tools (I mean the laptops not you). 3. Themes? but the display won't support any sort of colour scheme or res? BS 4. Groundbreaking == the influx of M$ PR wannbes & actual PR posters (*)
(*) I have my own PR ppl - You get to know how they write to make my ads fall under the radar as news. Slashdot for the last few years is getting frequent posts from "Insightful" under the radar of flamebait posts.
I looked for an email on your home page but couldnt get the links to work.
Thanks for replying. I see your point and persepective. I'm just one of those who is backing (believing) in a change in our species.
But the lead is easier to follow than create. Markets are prone to external factors, meaning they are beyond the control of any leader. Their are no permanent leaders.
The love of my life (domestic ebay guru) has started only to bid on "Buy It Now" items. Its too big and fast in some categories to bid effectivly. I have seen items go for little more (or less) than then manufacturer sells them for. Perhaps there is a good market for mini site holding mini auctions of targetted products.
While I can see where you are coming from the point should be made that there is a whole world that is being more and more innovative, and such a place in time like the information age sets up new challenges to what (and who) is the domiant force.
I am an Australian and I see innovation (the product of any form of R&D regardless of location or input costs) taking place. The 'net makes it easier for developments to procreate throughout the globe in many areas, for example business pratices, innovation culture, etc; which don't attribute them to a geographic reigion.
Some things granted you can wrap up in IP and licencing but there is a whole world of people out there who can ehance and extend the fundamentals of any idea. Lucky for us (inc. you) it goes both ways.
I have always wanthed to visit the US. I have a good friend there NATE, and there is so much else it has to offer as a country. As in a bit of dirt on the globe that is cool.
Now since 911 they want my finger tips they want to OWN me even before anything else. I really want to go there but it is a country at war treating every human as a comodity.
Maybe when this "it" is all over I can enjoy the USA but until then "they won" and it is off limits.
I would love to catch up with my mate form souths but until I am just treated like any other human in any other country it cannot be so.
PPL of the USA it has started already if you cant trun the tide to suit yourselves maybe you can do it so I can catch up with a good freind without being treated like I was responsible for 911.
I want to visit your country, I really do.
BTW: Nate if you read this you are the example of what is GREAT about the USA - be proud man - and GO SOUTHS!
Its more just a capitalism thing. Its just a basic fact of life that people want to make money. Most people want to make the most money they can. The way you make the most money you can in a corporation is to one way or another surpass your coworkers, to get the credit for successes weather you deserve it or not, and shift blame for failure away from you even if you deserve it.
People dont want money just the security it buys them. I understand your first point but the later just make it seems you have a problem with getting credit for your work - easy tiger - Just relax take it easy its not your fault, take your time, think of everything you've got, etc
"this won't stand up a minute in an industrial court"
Info for you:
"Federal legislation requires that claims be lodged with the Australian Industrial Relations Commission within 21 days."
Australian Industrial Relations Commission is not the Industrial Court.
I don't think they would do so well. The repeated comments made by both parties and the negativitive publicity it had on their employer is quite significant. I think most people in Oz have seen either the story - or infact been FWD the actual email (no kidding it gets worse, much worse).
The best thing for both of them is to move on and put this behind them.
" I don't tip because society says I gotta. I tip when somebody deserves a tip. "
Should there be another reason?
What is so wrong with paying staff what they are worth. I've done my time in hospitality - in Aust. - and I have always been paid fair money. Each time I go a tip (or even verbal thanks) it was just a bonus. This "need-to_tip_in_the_US" is crap - pay people waht they are worth, price accordingly and allow patrons to say THANKS! When they want to.
Knowing what it is like to work in hospitality when I tip I tip very well - I know the effort the staff have put in to make my experience what I wanted.
This and the finger prints are keeping me from visiting a great part of the world.
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I've written a recruitment app that has 200k resumes and other types of folder indexed in text.
The files live on the disk in /TYPE/YEAR/MONTH and are converted to text and inserted into MySQL database.
They can be searched on name, date record id, free text, type, etc, etc; or just browsed to on disk.
The front end is PHP on MySQL.
These were imported from a files on disk approach.
It can scale with master slave replication, etc. Just keeping it simple helps.
Piss off u alco fag!!!!! :-)
"Contrary to what you seem to think, the employer/employee relationship goes both ways, and finding and keeping good employees is just as important for you as finding a good job is for them."
No offence but the world is in recession. Nice one dickhead. Finally the attitude that there are employers begging for people to work is gone!
YAY FOR THE REAL WORLD AGAIN!
(Oh and thanks for the US banking system for fucking up the world...wankers)
* dickhead is a soft term where I come from
"...OSS isn't free....."
Yeah it is.
Its just that knowledge isn't free, it takes time to learn. One way or another IT people are going have to learn the next product or project. When they learn the OSS one license costs disappear.
"Seconded. You'll never get anywhere driving it from the top down with mandatory ....."
I agree, but you could go one step further. Bring in your old laptop of min specs XYZ and we will install the latest and greatest Linux of choices A,B,C at no cost.
Don't give people bats but not balls.
If someone thinks their old laptop of desktop can come up to scratch then they are likely to be a supporter of the idea.
For the record: We did this with our staff and branch network at work.
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roinek = redneck;
The english used to get sun burn between their collars and their hats - making them - REDNECK!
There you go ppl.
Grow up and grab a bit of clue stick. Yes most businesses are small - infact as far as I know the biggest employer group in any country.
"To most employers, employees are disposable commodity," I have never used this term before but I think you may be that they call here a "FuckTard". And perhaps I should point out the lack of insightful context to your comment.
If you had any (sorry ANY) idea of how to run a business then you would know (ie: KNOW) that in most businesses people are the key.
Also your comments on management are most 'whatever'-ish but I am sure your family are proud.
In closing...
Co-workers rock! (aka employees)
We are all in it together - - lets have fun!! YAY!
+5 for his comments == leg humping dog mentality.
AVM nice id but poor realism.
My vote:
+1 Infomative
- 5 off topic
No offence mate. My POV. Hope it works out for you. Cheers Gob.
"What's your big idea of how to handle Iran, now that they seem dead set on getting nuclear weapons?"
Let them. Only 1 country has ever used them. It seems no pre-requisite on peace or war.
**News Flash**
These are world killers - The knowledge is already out in the wild, the how to.
Maye people of the world have freinds and family and other things they dont want to see made into a dusty radioactive pool of rubble either. Worth a thought perhaps some trust and definatly hope.
I am.
You are 100% correct - good post.
I understand!
:-)
...but I failed...
...?
Disclaimer: I have been in recruitment for 15 years and use profiling tests.
The key is that no one profiling test can be used in isolation to validate a candidate's 'fit' for the role. 'Fit' is curcial in any role regardless of how specialised it is - (please use logic for both approaches of fitness).
If a company is using these as barrier tests then either it is for a sound reason or incompetance - its just your choice to work out which it is.
I had a candidate recently who did not want to undertake apptitude test in XP because they were convinced all applicants would blitz the test ie: it was erelevant.
Testing in HR is a tool to find a benchmark, nothing more nothing less. If a candidate does not want to undertake testing then it is a CLEAR sign of thier interest in the role (and that is niether GOOD NOR BAD - it's their friggin' life
Short answer: Don't want the job, Don't so the tests.
No you did not - suprisingly there may be other people on the Earth who fitted better for the role.
Put it this way - if it WAS your businesses and you did have the house/farm/cat on the line don't you think that it is YOUR choice to make
Hope this helps
Cheers
P
"I've got sense enough to keep it on vibrate, but i'm the minority."
So other ppl can't tell if you get a call / page / etc?
So you can't tell if they get a call / page / etc when they stick it on vibrate.
So you guys can all be in your on little minorities but be in the majority!
This is soooooooooooooo "one hand clapping"
"Just to give a single example, something as simple as a CPU temp monitoring app, turned out to be a nightmare."
Just to give a real world desktop example - which 3 desktop user give a fuck about CPU temp? Yeah that is what I do with my desktop time (and expect my 300 staff to do) - monitor CPU temp. What will it fail the solitare test too???
"but I generally see the failings in being the areas that affect your non-tech users. Ease of use, ease of finding apps, ease of installing said apps."
Dear PR wanker trying to be a slashdotter,
You are a wanker:
yum -y remove negative-ms-lovin-pr-wanker
No match for "wanker" found.
I have not done the upgrade path - I have just supported windows since '95 and run Linux for all uses except counter strike.
The reason to upgrade I think is simple: I you are a M$ tech then you have to upgrade to suport your clients, mum, etc.
Pretty soon there is no reason to EOL the product 'cos the tech says "Oh I only do XP now".
An example I had was upgrading my '95 box - it came back to me with '98 from the shop because they didn't want to stuff around with drivers in '95.
I know from my own expereinces that I don't recall (or want to) all the details of OS's that M$ has let go of.
If you are a consumer and don't want to pay for support - upgrade - even if you bought your PC last year - because all the M$ goat herders will lack a clue in a few months as they yet again learn new names for the same old shit and deseretaly try to get acredited so they can tell their freinds they are "good with computers".
Woof! Says BigDogB
1. WTF did you get the laptops with support for that much RAM?
2. People you pay $$$ to don't work with shit tools (I mean the laptops not you).
3. Themes? but the display won't support any sort of colour scheme or res? BS
4. Groundbreaking == the influx of M$ PR wannbes & actual PR posters (*)
(*) I have my own PR ppl - You get to know how they write to make my ads fall under the radar as news. Slashdot for the last few years is getting frequent posts from "Insightful" under the radar of flamebait posts.
Watever.
Anti slavery laws dictate that regardless of any contract a person is not forced to work for a company. The risk is entirely company side.
Hey Tom,
I looked for an email on your home page but couldnt get the links to work.
Thanks for replying. I see your point and persepective. I'm just one of those who is backing (believing) in a change in our species.
But the lead is easier to follow than create. Markets are prone to external factors, meaning they are beyond the control of any leader. Their are no permanent leaders.
I dont see you as "Pro-USA chest pounding".
Cheers
P
Most whites are made in a steel vat with a bag of Oak shavings.
The love of my life (domestic ebay guru) has started only to bid on "Buy It Now" items. Its too big and fast in some categories to bid effectivly. I have seen items go for little more (or less) than then manufacturer sells them for. Perhaps there is a good market for mini site holding mini auctions of targetted products.
While I can see where you are coming from the point should be made that there is a whole world that is being more and more innovative, and such a place in time like the information age sets up new challenges to what (and who) is the domiant force.
I am an Australian and I see innovation (the product of any form of R&D regardless of location or input costs) taking place. The 'net makes it easier for developments to procreate throughout the globe in many areas, for example business pratices, innovation culture, etc; which don't attribute them to a geographic reigion.
Some things granted you can wrap up in IP and licencing but there is a whole world of people out there who can ehance and extend the fundamentals of any idea. Lucky for us (inc. you) it goes both ways.
I have always wanthed to visit the US. I have a good friend there NATE, and there is so much else it has to offer as a country. As in a bit of dirt on the globe that is cool.
Now since 911 they want my finger tips they want to OWN me even before anything else. I really want to go there but it is a country at war treating every human as a comodity.
Maybe when this "it" is all over I can enjoy the USA but until then "they won" and it is off limits.
I would love to catch up with my mate form souths but until I am just treated like any other human in any other country it cannot be so.
PPL of the USA it has started already if you cant trun the tide to suit yourselves maybe you can do it so I can catch up with a good freind without being treated like I was responsible for 911.
I want to visit your country, I really do.
BTW: Nate if you read this you are the example of what is GREAT about the USA - be proud man - and GO SOUTHS!
"..believe that most of our soldiers are honorable and would risk their own lives to protect innocents..."
How it has changed...
The other idea is that they (the enenmy) die for whatever they believe in and not you (me)
Its more just a capitalism thing. Its just a basic fact of life that people want to make money. Most people want to make the most money they can. The way you make the most money you can in a corporation is to one way or another surpass your coworkers, to get the credit for successes weather you deserve it or not, and shift blame for failure away from you even if you deserve it.
People dont want money just the security it buys them. I understand your first point but the later just make it seems you have a problem with getting credit for your work - easy tiger - Just relax take it easy its not your fault, take your time, think of everything you've got, etc
"They were both obviously fired because they were both so completely incompetent they couldn't even conduct a proper flame war."
BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS
!!!!!!!!!
They were fired because their tits weren't big enough!!!
"this won't stand up a minute in an industrial court"
Info for you:
"Federal legislation requires that claims be lodged with the Australian Industrial Relations Commission within 21 days."
Australian Industrial Relations Commission is not the Industrial Court.
I don't think they would do so well. The repeated comments made by both parties and the negativitive publicity it had on their employer is quite significant. I think most people in Oz have seen either the story - or infact been FWD the actual email (no kidding it gets worse, much worse).
The best thing for both of them is to move on and put this behind them.
" I don't tip because society says I gotta. I tip when somebody deserves a tip. "
Should there be another reason?
What is so wrong with paying staff what they are worth. I've done my time in hospitality - in Aust. - and I have always been paid fair money. Each time I go a tip (or even verbal thanks) it was just a bonus. This "need-to_tip_in_the_US" is crap - pay people waht they are worth, price accordingly and allow patrons to say THANKS! When they want to.
Knowing what it is like to work in hospitality when I tip I tip very well - I know the effort the staff have put in to make my experience what I wanted.
This and the finger prints are keeping me from visiting a great part of the world.