Originally posted by zeitghost
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Originally posted by pjclarke View PostAre you being ironic? I am surprised by the apparent double standard that communication skills in general and written English in particular are said to be a key element of employability- which I agree with; we regularly get some Captain of industry bemoaning the falling standards in this area and basic numeracy amongst school leavers, and even graduates, while at the same time an increasing proportion of the people I work with at ClientCos are colleagues who don't have English as their first language and whose poor communication skills you would think would render them unemployable. These people seem to get a free pass. I don't get it and I was just wondering what others thought.
There as a foreign worker with a poor grasp of English is generally just being trained in communication in English.
Put it this way I've worked alongside people who have had a poor grasp of English and school leavers.
Some of the first group could only work about 7 hours then they would have to run away because even though they were excellent at doing the tasks they needed to do to get the job done, the mental effort required to translate everything left them exhausted.
There as some of the school leavers need supervision every hour or so. If you showed them how to do a task left them to it and came back, with some of them if there was an issue instead of asking for help they would make up something, or wait around and do nothing.
On the other hand I've worked with very good ones of both groups... There isn't one rule for people and it depends on how poor the client's/your recruitment practises are."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by zeitghostWe use it to detect plagiarism.
If the English is good, makes sense, and has punctuation (especially : or ; ) then it's a near dead cert that it's been stolen off the web.Last edited by pjclarke; 14 August 2014, 14:43.My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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Originally posted by pjclarke View PostAre you being ironic? I am surprised by the apparent double standard that communication skills in general and written English in particular are said to be a key element of employability- which I agree with; we regularly get some Captain of industry bemoaning the falling standards in this area and basic numeracy amongst school leavers, and even graduates, while at the same time an increasing proportion of the people I work with at ClientCos are colleagues who don't have English as their first language and whose poor communication skills you would think would render them unemployable. These people seem to get a free pass. I don't get it and I was just wondering what others thought.Comment
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I'm testing a bit of software here, written by gentlemen from foreign climes, and the success message is this:
"Sales Order <nnnnn> would be updated to database".Comment
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Originally posted by I just need to test it View PostI'm testing a bit of software here, written by gentlemen from foreign climes, and the success message is this:
"Sales Order <nnnnn> would be updated to database".Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostTry using shorter sentences.My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostFollowed by "Updation complete"I'm Spartacus.Comment
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Originally posted by mudskipper View PostFollowed by "Updation complete""You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostWhen I first heard someone say "updation" seriously in real life I burst out laughing.
My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.Comment
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