another misguided recruiter

[cellio]

Like many others, I get lots of unsolicited email from recruiters who claim to have read my LinkedIn profile and have a great opportunity for me. They're almost always wrong about both. But I usually skim the tech-writing ones when they arrive, to (maybe) learn a little about the state of the field.

The latest one, about a "fast-paced innovative team", started off generic, as most of them do. (Hint to recruiters: if you want me to respond, give me a reason to. I'm not actively looking; you have to show me something interesting.) But the list of responsibilities included "work with architecture and UX teams to understand how best to organize and present the documentation" -- hey, they have a UX team! That's unusual (in a positive way). I kept reading.

Then I got to the requirements, which included:

• Experience with Cobol
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Ha ha, no.

Also, it's in New Jersey and the ad doesn't say anything about remote employees. Bzzt.

Comments

[mdlbear]

I can think of several adjectives that might apply to a combination of Microsoft Office and COBOL, but "innovative" isn't one of them.

They're looking for someone to document their horrible crock of a COBOL program before the last person who understands it dies?

[cellio]

And they don't want to have *that* person document it, because that would be a terrible waste of a programmer's salary. Nah, we'll just hire a cheap technical writer; we can get one for $20/hr, right?