Most job description: "Must have 5+ years in X, Y, Z…"
Translation:
- We want someone who's already done this exact job with a different logo on your LinkedIn
- We don't want to train you, we just want to steal you
- We're not hiring for potential. We’re hiring for muscle memory
- We need a plug-and-play employee, not a human with ideas
sure you can find any format of justification.. But the way I see it - You're obsessed with the past, but you expect a different future. You want a candidate who’s already lived your company’s next 5 years somewhere else - so you don’t have to figure it out yourself. You don't want potential. You want a cheat code. A shortcut. A walking, talking, pre-tested answer key. And yet, when they show up and do exactly what you asked for - you're disappointed they didn't "bring anything new to the table"
NICE!
"We're not hiring for potential. We’re hiring for muscle memory"
Top quote of this week for me
Are You taking this Positively?
Well said. Most companies do not invest in their employees core learnings, and would rather hire someone who can do a particular things than empower the employee to do it later. (Also probably explains why the hire and fire culture has become so frequent)
I had the leadership say
‘ChatGPT. Do 12hrs worth work in 2.’
Yeah right, the business booms but where do I learn? I just go home having learnt how to copy paste.
