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[76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p15sm3237484ani.15.2012.04.26.15.43.08 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:43:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3VdtbH0bMVz2CG5r for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:43:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:43:06 -0400 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20120426184306.783f9b4b@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20120426215256.GA30059@hemlock.hydra> 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> <20120426215256.GA30059@hemlock.hydra> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmR9stxlVwgcDWKFE8dwuOk6YKwFwy6SgrpneU5FQXhbWGBd2dGTJXRXYU/gyAO5oB91eY1 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 Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:43:10 -0000 On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:52:56 -0600 Chad Perrin articulated: >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. Wouldn't it be far easier for this "glut of job applicants" to either become proficient in the skills stated in the job description for which they are applying or do what everyone else does; i.e. lie on their résumé. If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________