These Employers Have Hilariously Unrealistic Expectations From The Job Applicants

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Damjan

Published in Funny
16 Jul 2020

These Employers Have Hilariously Unrealistic Expectations From The Job Applicants

Some job ads are so unrealistic they feel more like a prank than a real hiring post. Instead of describing a role, they demand a near-impossible mix of experience, skills, and availability that few people could ever match.

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That is exactly what happened when Sebastián Ramírez spotted a listing asking for more than four years of FastAPI experience, even though he had created FastAPI only 1.5 years earlier. If the creator himself could not qualify, the bar was clearly set in a strange place.

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These examples show just how far some employers will go when they are hunting for the “perfect” candidate. Read on.

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Landing a good job was never easy, but with the current situation, it is becoming more challenging than ever. Let’s face it: job ads like these are best avoided.

A person who comes up with such things, or allows their employees to write and post all this nonsense, is unlikely to be a good employer.

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We completely understand that recruiters want to find the “perfect” candidate. Still, unrealistic expectations about applicants can do more harm than good: the person who may be perfect for the job will not apply because their experience is deemed “insufficient.”

British recruitment professionals at Brand Recruitment have stated that companies want a good return on their investment. However, they frequently “don’t actually know what they’re looking for at all.”

Their job descriptions can resemble a “5-year-old’s Christmas list, with bullet point after bullet point of everything they MUST have.”

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Recruiters must be realistic about job performance. If possible, they want to find a new staff member who can do the job with minimal training or without any at all.

They do not want to deal with people who have a lot of potential but require development and guidance. Unfortunately, some real gems remain undetected that way.