Reply to: fluent Czechoslovakian

[zeitghost]

I remember a TV programme where "Czechoslovakian" was a code word for Alien....


Admittedly, not the Giant Alien Lizard variety, but hey! aliens all the same.

[DimPrawn]

Maybe they mean Reverse Polish?

[Clog II The Avenger]

That will be num nuts agent. Reuters probably said "Czech or Slovakian" and he miss heard it, or was trying to be clever showing he knew what Czech was short for.

Reuters regularly advertise for foreign language capable people, something to do with their business I think.

I could be Moravian, German, Czech, Romani , Bohemian or Slavic

oops ... and Polish in the north.

[The Lone Gunman]

But they didn't say that, they said Czechoslovakian.

That will be num nuts agent. Reuters probably said "Czech or Slovakian" and he miss heard it, or was trying to be clever showing he knew what Czech was short for.

Reuters regularly advertise for foreign language capable people, something to do with their business I think.

[threaded]

But they didn't say that, they said Czechoslovakian.

[DodgyAgent]

It is illegal to say 'We want a cheap person from Eastern Europe so subjects of Her Majesty need not apply'.

It is not illegal to say 'Must speak <insert language of choice here> fluently'.

They DO run the risk of getting applications from expensive cunning linguists though.

HTH

They are supplying services/products and support to their clients who are czech companies. That is why they need candidates who speak whatever czechs speak, which I presume is something like czech ????
Or perhaps you might like to begin by familiarising yourself with what Reuters do

[threaded]

Maybe they are trying to run and advert for a certain amount of time woth requirements in order to apply for a work permit for someone.

So once nobody responds to the ad, they will have fulfilled one of the criteria to apply for a work permit.

You don't say...

[sunnysan]

Possiblity

Maybe they are trying to run and advert for a certain amount of time woth requirements in order to apply for a work permit for someone.

So once nobody responds to the ad, they will have fulfilled one of the criteria to apply for a work permit.

[threaded]

There's no such country, FFS.
Czech Republic and Slovakia, I believe.

1993 IIRC

[Dundeegeorge]

No such language?

There's no such language as Czechoslovakian.

There's no such country, FFS.
Czech Republic and Slovakia, I believe.

[threaded]

There's no such language as Czechoslovakian.

[Lord]

There is no such language as Czechoslovakian

[The Lone Gunman]

Have you not considered that the end client of these jobs may well be abroad and someone is developing in the UK for them instead of offshoring?

If it upsets you that much then learn the foreign language and apply for the job.
I would suggest Urdu or Hindi might be a good start seeing as how thats where all the jobs are going maybe cantonese or mandarin.

[Spartacus]

Typical ignorant agent. There is no such language as Czechoslovakian

In which case the suitable candidate should be able to command a very high rate. Sounds like a job for Threaded - he's fluent in several languages that don't exist.

[Clog II The Avenger]

Czechoslovakian?

Typical ignorant agent. There is no such language as Czechoslovakian