On Oct 4, 2007, at 5:38 AM, David Malouf wrote: > The other area where I will disagree w/ Dan (as I agree w/ Christine > and Pauric on the first point) is that anyone can get a job right > now. I disagree w/ this. While companies are hungry right now, part > of the reason we feel so drought stricken (I know I'm looking) is > b/c we will not give in on quality of candidates. This is what > happened in the 90s and most of us learned our lesson that "warm > body" as a qualification doesn't cut it any longer if we want to be > taken seriously and really build credibility within a wider > organization. > > if you are doing "warm body" hiring, I suggest you might be doing a > disservice to yourself and to your organization.
I'm not suggesting that companies hire just anybody either. That's the road to hell. But if I'm in the market for Jr. IxDs, I'm looking for passion, interest, and potential. The experience isn't likely to be there, or be much there. I'm much more likely when the market is tight, as it is now, to bring on a Jr. Designer and mentor/train them simply because the more experienced people are locked up. I'm much more willing to take a risk on someone untested but with potential. And I bet others are too. Dan ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Guidelines ............ http://beta.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://beta.ixda.org/help Unsubscribe ................ http://beta.ixda.org/unsubscribe Questions .................. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home ....................... http://beta.ixda.org
