Kristina,
What is a person to do? If all I put into the ad is the technical
requirement and an a brief description of what the new hire will do, I
don't think I serve neither the hiring company nor the interested
candidate well. I'd rather add a few descriptors about the place and
their business. Some are teasers, some are substance. This is one of the
things that makes communications between people interesting.
As for the two things you singled out, here's my thoughts:
Relaxed means a lot more than no dress code. It means that the manager
isn't looking at the clock, and doesn't require a lot of face time. It
means people work together instead of competitively. And so on.
As for the business of a company, some things are hard to precisely pin
down in a phrase.
What's Google's business? Is it search? is it advertising? is it
content? is it all of the above and more? How would you define it in ten
or fewer words without giving away who the company is?
Dialog is good. If I can serve the community better and get people
interested in the jobs I'm trying to fill, I am happy. But it's possible
that you are trying too hard to parse an ad that is trying to telegraph
some information without wasting a lot of time.
Art
Kristina Anderson wrote:
stuff like
Environment: Relaxed
actually means "we all wear really hideous casual clothing, and we want
you to dress this way too, because if you're comfortable in your funny
shorts and faded t-shirt, then we think you won't realize that you are
working 12 hour days in a slavepit without even some non-soundproof
cubicle walls to call your own."
This is a prime example of what you do not want to say.
Programmers don't care about dress codes. Even if there is one, we are
going to dress the way we want to dress anyway.
also, exactly WHAT is "in the space between e-commerce and content / ad
driven"...?
--Kristina
Listening to the list last night and this morning, why not tell us
recruiters, both in-house and agency, what you want to see in the ads?
I've cut this down to the bone. I've got more information but all the
verbiage in an email isn't as good as a 10 minute conversation with
me,
and a face to face with the client company.
If you are interested, or you want more information, drop me an e-
mail
or give me a call. The number's there.
This is an employee position.
Location: Union Square, NYC
Company type: small, interactive, whose profitable business is in the
space between e-commerce and content / ad driven.
Environment: Relaxed
The need: a strong Object Oriented PHP developer who likes to write
complex SQL statements and can also produce excellent front end AJAX.
The team is multi-national, as is the senior management.
What will you be doing? Creating scalable websites whose hit numbers
go
from 10s of thousands to 10s of millions. Growing - expected to
double
in size in two years.
Excellent benefits.
Salary, depending on experience, to 95K + bonuses.
All replies in confidence.
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