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www.connectionstrings.com
Man, everything from SqlExpress to Text to MySql.
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It is no news that I have some serious issues with the quality and levels of technical recruiters in SA but it seems we are not alone down here in deep dark Africa.
This little gem is quoted from www.joelonsoftware.com
"To top programmers, the most maddening thing about recruiters is their almost morbid fascination with keywords and buzzwords. The entire industry of professional headhunters and recruiters is bizarrely fixated on the simple algorithm of matching candidates to positions by looking for candidates that have the complete list of technology acronyms that the employer happens to be looking for. It becomes especially infuriating to realize that most of these recruiters have no idea what any of these technologies are. “Oh, you don’t have MSMQ experience? Never mind.” At least when real estate agents prattle on about Subzero refrigerators and Viking stoves, they at least know what these things are (although any stainless steel refrigerator counts as “Subzero” these days). The easiest way to catch-out a technical recruiter is when they inevitably insist on 5 years of experience with Ruby on Rails, or refuse to consider someone for a “Windows API” job when they only have “Win32” on their resume."
For the full article check this out ... Sorting Resumes
So now the real question now is ... what do we do about it to change this? Do what Joel did and start our own technically capable recruitment company?
hmmm now there is a thought.