Online form a good idea?
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Just finished off a recruitment[^] form for Bluegrass. Am curious as to wether you think it is a good or bad idea? As a person looking for a job, would you go through the form? The idea is really to whittle out the lazy buggers who just mass email their CVs to every position available. Had enough of that. We advertised the position in various newspapers with no email address and just the web link. Oh, and if you are looking for a web-dev job in South Africa, fill in the form :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?
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Just finished off a recruitment[^] form for Bluegrass. Am curious as to wether you think it is a good or bad idea? As a person looking for a job, would you go through the form? The idea is really to whittle out the lazy buggers who just mass email their CVs to every position available. Had enough of that. We advertised the position in various newspapers with no email address and just the web link. Oh, and if you are looking for a web-dev job in South Africa, fill in the form :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?
Paul Watson wrote: Am curious as to wether you think it is a good or bad idea? It's a good idea because it provides detailed information about the open position and what skills the company is looking for. Also the questions and the sample application are a nice idea :) Paul Watson wrote: As a person looking for a job, would you go through the form? Definitely yes. Paul Watson wrote: Oh, and if you are looking for a web-dev job in South Africa, fill in the form An interesting idea, but I think I would have to know a lot more about SA to make a decision ... ;)
heinz r. vahlbruch
:bob: What is Bob looking for here?
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Just finished off a recruitment[^] form for Bluegrass. Am curious as to wether you think it is a good or bad idea? As a person looking for a job, would you go through the form? The idea is really to whittle out the lazy buggers who just mass email their CVs to every position available. Had enough of that. We advertised the position in various newspapers with no email address and just the web link. Oh, and if you are looking for a web-dev job in South Africa, fill in the form :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?
I think it's a cool idea. Great idea to ask essay-type questions instead of multi-guess. Now, if only I knew who a "client/server architecture" was, then I could apply and ship myself down to the coast. ;P Cheers, Simon "The day I swan around in expensive suits is the day I hope someone puts a bullet in my head.", Chris Carter. animation mechanics in SVG (latest pic 1) (latest pic 2)
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I think it's a cool idea. Great idea to ask essay-type questions instead of multi-guess. Now, if only I knew who a "client/server architecture" was, then I could apply and ship myself down to the coast. ;P Cheers, Simon "The day I swan around in expensive suits is the day I hope someone puts a bullet in my head.", Chris Carter. animation mechanics in SVG (latest pic 1) (latest pic 2)
SimonS wrote: multi-guess. hehe indeed. Boss said "what about some multi-choice logic questions?" I smiled, nodded, said yes and then quickly forgot that idea :-D SimonS wrote: Now, if only I knew who a "client/server architecture" was, then I could apply and ship myself down to the coast :laugh: Just between you and I those questions are more to weed out the lazy buggers than to actually get valid answers. So I thumb sucked (it was 20:45 on a friday night at the office, I kept checking the clock so I would not miss the X-Files :-D ) Speaking of lazy buggers... just got a response to the job advert. In an email with a CV attached. *sigh* People just don't listen.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?
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Just finished off a recruitment[^] form for Bluegrass. Am curious as to wether you think it is a good or bad idea? As a person looking for a job, would you go through the form? The idea is really to whittle out the lazy buggers who just mass email their CVs to every position available. Had enough of that. We advertised the position in various newspapers with no email address and just the web link. Oh, and if you are looking for a web-dev job in South Africa, fill in the form :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?
Paul Watson wrote: Oh, and if you are looking for a web-dev job in South Africa, fill in the form :) Had a look last night when I noticed the link in your sig in one of your whinney posts in the SoapBox. I was so tempted to apply. I may yet one night after a heavy night on the piss. :-D Michael Martin Australia mjm68@tpg.com.au "I personally love it because I can get as down and dirty as I want on the backend, while also being able to dabble with fun scripting and presentation games on the front end." - Chris Maunder 15/07/2002
