Hi Robert, Is you the company you working for looking for any new people, fresh from the crop developer from Cape Technikon. I could suggest one of my friends to come into just to meet with you guys, have and informal chat?
-- Kind Regards, Clint Lewis On 2/15/06, Robert Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > My company does exactly the same, but I found Riaan's stats a bit warped, I > have found that about 1 in 10 applicants submits the project!!(honestly) We > also interview only fresh java programmers as part of a new policy; we have > enough skill and leadership inhouse already, we'd rather train new blood > rather than get stuck with old hands that are stuck in their ways and that is > not willing to adapt to new ideas and technologies. They just stuck. > > O, and yes, we do the clique thing, we get the young guys to introduce their > project partners(in tech) to us. We take them through the same tests and see > if they are our type of employee. > > What tests do we give them? We make them follow the instructions on > www.gentoo.org and install a linux box, with various packages that they will > use every day. Why do we do this? Some interviewers like to stress out a > young guy with his superior java knowledge, this is wrong and pointless. In > Technikon you are going to do 6 subjects at one time, you do not get to focus > only on java, otherwise you will never pass! Some people with avg mark on all > their subjects are more likely to get a job at my company then somebody with > 90 - 100% java year marks. > > Finally, when they get the job, we do skill rotation and after only 1 year > they will know all the facets of our product and they will have in my > opionion about 2 years worth of experience. > > We also pay well right from the start(so it is not that we are stingy), with > regular salary increments. > > Our situation is probably not ideal for all companies, but it is something > that works VERY well for us. > > Robert > > On Wednesday 15 February 2006 08:37, Dr Heinz M. Kabutz wrote: > > Riaan that is a great policy! > > > > What type of project would you as an employer be > > impressed by? > > > > Kind regards from > > > > Heinz > > -- > > Dr. Heinz M. Kabutz (Maximum Solutions) > > Sun Java Champion > > Author of "The Java(tm) Specialists' Newsletter" > > <http://www.javaspecialists.co.za/> > > Tel: +27 (83) 340-5633 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Riaan Koegelenberg > > > Sent: 15 February 2006 10:23 > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: [CTJUG Forum] Re: Java Developer needed > > > > > > > > > > > > After 20 odd replies on my initial post, I have received > > > only 2 CV's. > > > > > > I wonder, do people really put in an effort to find a job > > > or do they want someone to just offer them a job that pays > > > well without having to do much? > > > > > > It is my company's policy to require any new applicant to > > > submit a project that allows us to asses his/her > > > capabilities. Stats have shown that if you have 5 > > > applicants, you are lucky if 2 actually submits the > > > project. > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > > For super low premiums, click here http://www.webmail.co.za/dd.pwm > > > > > > http://www.webmail.co.za the South African FREE email service >
