employers are on crack
Just when I thought the worst I was ever going to see was the job listing that was looking for persons with 'extensive experience delivering and recieving packages and delivering interoffice mail.' Because all those mailboys out there dream of going to be a mailboy someplace else.
from a job listing:
Experience formulating protocols and consent forms in the required format using scientific protocols provided by the study sponsor or PI.
One wonders how one would experience this when a) the sponsors aren't listed and b) one isn't already doing the job. Dear employers, we know you are only posting this job to cover yourself when you give the job to your nephew, but try not to be this damn obvious about it. (The 'equal opportunity' message at the bottom of the listing was all the more galling.)
Another:
Strong communication skills. Minimum BSN required. Advanced experience or Master's degree preferred with at least 3 years of experience. Experience with lung disease is a plus.
(In fairness, they are studying COPD, but the wording was just too funny.)
"Why yes, I do have advanced lung disease."
The '38 hour work week so you don't get benefits' was so amusing too.
On the plus side, I found a site with numerous, reliable tech positions. Which is good in that hopefully I won't be unemployed for long, but frustrating in that they are so fond of words like 'fast-paced' (translation: unpaid overtime), 'cutting edge research' (no one knows what they hell they are doing), 'strong and self-motivated' (you will work alone because everyone else went home at a decent hour)and my favorite, 'BA/BS in biology or related field required' (you're overqualified).
While I am glad there is something out there, however crappy, I'm not looking forward to spending the rest of my life doing the same, high stress crap I do now, but for less money than I would have just starting out of college.
Oh, and another fine listing under 'education?' Data entry clerk, one month contract, requires 10K keystrokes per hour, pay: $7-8 an hour.
Are they fricking kidding me? I was paid that for the same job in 1995! (Granted, it was New York, but last I checked, 10,000 kph was a higher grade of data entry, at least among young people. I hit that easily at my 'peak' and was offered a job on the spot. (And had to decline, but thankfully none of your Publisher's Clearinhouse junk mail was my fault). Assuming the job were permanant, that's less than $17 K a year, not even a living wage for a white collar job.
from a job listing:
Experience formulating protocols and consent forms in the required format using scientific protocols provided by the study sponsor or PI.
One wonders how one would experience this when a) the sponsors aren't listed and b) one isn't already doing the job. Dear employers, we know you are only posting this job to cover yourself when you give the job to your nephew, but try not to be this damn obvious about it. (The 'equal opportunity' message at the bottom of the listing was all the more galling.)
Another:
Strong communication skills. Minimum BSN required. Advanced experience or Master's degree preferred with at least 3 years of experience. Experience with lung disease is a plus.
(In fairness, they are studying COPD, but the wording was just too funny.)
"Why yes, I do have advanced lung disease."
The '38 hour work week so you don't get benefits' was so amusing too.
On the plus side, I found a site with numerous, reliable tech positions. Which is good in that hopefully I won't be unemployed for long, but frustrating in that they are so fond of words like 'fast-paced' (translation: unpaid overtime), 'cutting edge research' (no one knows what they hell they are doing), 'strong and self-motivated' (you will work alone because everyone else went home at a decent hour)and my favorite, 'BA/BS in biology or related field required' (you're overqualified).
While I am glad there is something out there, however crappy, I'm not looking forward to spending the rest of my life doing the same, high stress crap I do now, but for less money than I would have just starting out of college.
Oh, and another fine listing under 'education?' Data entry clerk, one month contract, requires 10K keystrokes per hour, pay: $7-8 an hour.
Are they fricking kidding me? I was paid that for the same job in 1995! (Granted, it was New York, but last I checked, 10,000 kph was a higher grade of data entry, at least among young people. I hit that easily at my 'peak' and was offered a job on the spot. (And had to decline, but thankfully none of your Publisher's Clearinhouse junk mail was my fault). Assuming the job were permanant, that's less than $17 K a year, not even a living wage for a white collar job.