From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 28 03:00:06 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 3C86B106566B for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:00:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp4.iomartmail.com (asmtp4.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D7038FC15 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:00:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp4.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp4.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q3S2NRLq023744; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:23:27 +0100 Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (host-92-22-211-66.as13285.net [92.22.211.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp4.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q3S2NRsR023737; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:23:27 +0100 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id DB48E33C52; Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:23:26 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:23:26 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: David Brodbeck Message-ID: <20120428022326.GA71425@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.3-RC1 amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:00:06 -0000 --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 02:33:29PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > > 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 a= re > > being rejected on entirely arbitrary criteria that have little or no > > correlation to their ability to do the job. >=20 > Keep in mind in today's job market, and given Internet methods of > advertising positions, the problem isn't in finding qualified people > -- the problem is in whittling down the couple thousand or so resumes > you get to a manageable pile. You can afford to reject some qualified > applicants in that process because there are always more looking. >=20 > Again, this is one of the reasons credit scoring is becoming so > popular -- it's an almost automatic way to narrow down the pile. > Another method in common use right now is to throw out applications > from anyone who's currently unemployed, and only look at ones who > already have a position and are looking to change jobs. Reminds me of an episode of "The Office". The manager gets a pile of resumes/CVs and immediately bungs half of them in the trash. His reasoning: he doesn't like employing "unlucky" people :) Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk+bVJ0ACgkQHduKvUAgeK7GmACdGBaP2m+l7WosVmKWeb+VZaEa RWcAoMhSwr2Iru4Hs20dAroEeTFDXwrr =Q0M6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq--