Patronising Job Specs - Avoid?

[MrMarkyMark]

It's not professional sent a CV with spelling and grammar errors, but there is some job spec that is not perfect and this one is one of them, ironic.

[Bee]

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[FrontEnder]

Should have bolded the whole post...

[Bee]

Should have bolded the whole post...

I would say to both if you don't have anything constructive to say don't say anything.

[MrMarkyMark]

I would say to both if you don't have anything constructive to say don't say anything.

Maybe try taking a leaf out of your own book first

[northernladuk]

It's not professional sent a CV with spelling and grammar errors, but there is some job spec that is not perfect and this one is one of them, ironic.

[Elliegirl]

It's not professional sent a CV with spelling and grammar errors, but there is some job spec that is not perfect and this one is one of them, ironic.

Bee, I'm going to take a wild guess that you speak at least two languages, for which I salute you and say nobody's perfect, but what's wrong with the job spec?

[northernladuk]

Perhaps the manager can allow himself to behave arrogantly, because they company realy cool.

[MrMarkyMark]

A little harsh.

We will take Mr Bright, plenty of conveniences to be cleaned on the basement floor.

We like to feel that we are cutting edge cool here

[Zylon]

Haha, I noticed the poor grammar of the advert too, but thought better than to mention it. In an online discussion of spelling/grammar everybody loses in the end ;-)


Interesting to see the range of opinions here. I totally understand the frustration of the manager / recruiter, but I personally think it'll fail to deter the poor quality applicants in the slightest.

When I first recruited and hadn't learned the pitfalls, I remember spending 20+ minutes on the phone with a promising candidate only to discover he was only interested in contracting for what was very clearly described as a perm role. I cursed myself and politely thanked him for wasting both our time. He applied to the very next perm role that came out too...