[OT] How to apply for jobs

[Mark Wieder]

Bob-

Saturday, January 19, 2013, 11:36:50 PM, you wrote:

> Thanks for the responses. At least I know my gut reaction to
> these job descriptions is justified. I think I'll ignore them.
> Except of course when they require a security clearance that is
> typically a hard fast limit. 

Having done this in the past, here's my way of "ignoring" them. On a
case by case basis, if a) I'm interested enough in the position and b)
I either fit most of the qualifications or think I can pick them up
easily enough along the way, I'll go ahead and submit an application.
If I can get to the phone interview I'll start out up front by saying
"Look, I don't have x or y or z qualification that was listed in the
job posting. If that's an absolute requirement then I'd rather not
waste both our times continuing with this discussion. But otherwise I
think this is a good fit and I'm quite interested in pushing on with
it." The conversation can go one of two ways at that point.

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-Mark Wieder
 mwieder at ahsoftware.net