From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 26 21:52:58 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36FF0106564A for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:52:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy6-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy6.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E7A388FC0A for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:52:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 8061 invoked by uid 0); 26 Apr 2012 21:52:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by cpoproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 26 Apr 2012 21:52:57 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=hBWD4NZjyx7IJWxVpa5IGhqztZH0h1ReY8FvJO9uGhE=; b=U7To4t8U+TWUWyy+C46+LzW51BrqoErfD+edMYo1Jq6YcOD32c5UcUb2Xx4RIyQ0SNmqYtcc6sSeGTIsghERkcHlq3I/J4bgm8q4gMLPKjvyeTgrfhV6SCzPBnm4GLft; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1SNWcT-0003bs-8d for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:57 -0600 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120426215256.GA30059@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20120424175026.GD1303@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <201204241833.q3OIXwTR013401@mail.r-bonomi.com> <20120424190227.GA1773@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20120425053133.e920b091.freebsd@edvax.de> <20120425064507.GA4673@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20120425085555.36f91b3a.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: editor that understands CTRL/B, CTRL/I, CTRL/U X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:52:58 -0000 On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 02:45:53PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > Generic skills aren't recognized because they're hard to judge and > test for. People want quantifiable, objective things to weed out > applicants. This is also why credit scoring has become so popular -- > sure, someone's credit score may not tell whether they'd be a good > employee or not, but it's a convenient, objective way to throw out a > bunch of resumes. Indeed -- and the employer who bucks this trend does him/her self a huge service, because large numbers of very skilled and/or talented people are being rejected on entirely arbitrary criteria that have little or no correlation to their ability to do the job. People who use such critera are forcing themselves to compete with everyone else in the industry using the same criteria, leaving a glut of job candidates who would be great at the job waiting for someone else to give them a chance. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]