Monday 18 April 2005
Are recruiters tech savvy ?
By hub, Monday 18 April 2005 at 14:43 :: Technology
I got a mail from a recruiter this morning. It is for a contracting job in France. Note that I'm not interested at all, it was unsollicited, but I just wanted to underline the level of tech skills they have, or more the lack thereof. This is a basic minimum they just don't have.
In their e-mail they say:
Compétences Techniques de base
Au moins un UNIX parmi : Solaris, Tru 64, AIX, NT4/WIN2K/WIN2003
That means in English:
Basic technical skills required
At least one UNIX in the following : Solaris, Tru 64, AIX, NT4/WIN2K/WIN2003
If on this they are even unable to be accurate in their job postings, then I wonder how they can select applicants (the error is left as an exercise to the reader). The sender of this mail is a "Director" for one of these contracting agency, that try to fullfills customer IT staff requirement. So knowing that should be part of his job.
I simply replied to him that he failed to the basic technical knowledge test.