Still, it's a good sign for recent grads - up until recently there's been the experience catch-22 with jobs (most of those advertised up until now have been for at least 3 years experience), so at least it gives those recently out of school a chance to chalk up time, even if they have to do hard slog with those 'massive skillz'
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Anne Hjortshoj <a...@annehj.com> wrote: > ... and I mean "good luck" to the recruiters listing these roles, not to > Susan. > > -A > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Anne Hjortshoj <a...@annehj.com> wrote: > > So in other words, people want to pay for 1-3 years of experience, but > > they want to get a laundry list of massive skillz. > > > > Good luck with that. > > > > -Anne > > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Susan Doran <susando...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I've noticed more positions that require 1-3 yrs experience. Also...sort > of > >> "kitchen sink" loading on a mish-mash of skillsets. > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Erin Stewart <emstew...@smcm.edu> > wrote: > >> > >>> I noticed this as well. Originally I was planning to look for my next > >>> job in the fall, but with the amount of positions open now and with > >>> the fear that this is temporary (though I would hope that it will be > >>> a continued term), I decided to start applying now with the hope to > >>> start in May. I submitted a few applications for positions in the DC > >>> area on Monday/Tuesday this week and had received two calls for phone > >>> interviews by the end of the week. Both places made it clear they had > >>> an urgent need to hire someone. The positions (UI design/development) > >>> are for someone with 1-3 yrs experience and I have 1.5 years > >>> experience doing front-end web development and UX/IA tasks for a > >>> college, some graduate-level coursework in a related field, and some > >>> digital PR internship experience. > >>> > >>> > >>> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > >>> Posted from the new ixda.org > >>> http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49535 > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________________________________________ > >>> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > >>> To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > >>> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > >>> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > >>> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> Susan Doran > >> 55 Morning Street > >> Portland ME 04101 > >> 207-774-4963 (land) > >> 202-296-4849 (cell) > >> > >> /susandoran (facebook) > >> @susandoran (twitter) > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> ________________________________________________________________ > >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > >> To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Anne Hjortshoj | a...@annehj.com | www.annehj.com | Skype: anne-hj | > > Hjortshoj is pronounced "YORT-soy." > > > > > > -- > Anne Hjortshoj | a...@annehj.com | www.annehj.com | Skype: anne-hj | > Hjortshoj is pronounced "YORT-soy." > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- Vicky Teinaki Email: vicky.tein...@gmail.com | Mobile: +64 021 027 01410 | Skype: vicky.teinaki | Twitter: @vickytnz | LinkedIn : http://nz.linkedin.com/in/vickyteinaki ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
