Comments on: Roasting the job description http://corcodilos.com/blog/43/roasting-the-job-description The insider's edge on job search & hiring™ | Copyright © 2011 North Bridge Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Mon, 21 May 2012 10:58:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nick Corcodilos http://corcodilos.com/blog/43/roasting-the-job-description/comment-page-1#comment-1102 Nick Corcodilos Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:39:40 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/43/roasting-the-job-description#comment-1102 Tom: Yah, the slave trade is alive and well in corporate HR. Line 'em up, scrub 'em up, give 'em a name, get 'em ready. What am I bid? Tom: Yah, the slave trade is alive and well in corporate HR. Line ‘em up, scrub ‘em up, give ‘em a name, get ‘em ready. What am I bid?

]]> By: Tom Coates http://corcodilos.com/blog/43/roasting-the-job-description/comment-page-1#comment-1100 Tom Coates Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:14:39 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/43/roasting-the-job-description#comment-1100 Weren't job descriptions invented to facilitate salary administration? Comparison shopping is easier when similar things have similar names. Weren’t job descriptions invented to facilitate salary administration? Comparison shopping is easier when similar things have similar names.

]]> By: Ray http://corcodilos.com/blog/43/roasting-the-job-description/comment-page-1#comment-1014 Ray Sat, 31 May 2008 18:39:13 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/43/roasting-the-job-description#comment-1014 I have never seen a job description that actually describes what a person does all day. Whenever HR makes needs one from me, they do not ask me to describe what I do - they ask me to fill out a form designed by someone who is completely clueless about my job. Naturally, the form is meaningless. I always felt the name change from "Personnel" to "Human Resources" said a lot about the mental attitude - people are just one more resource, like paperclips, desks and machine tools. "Personnel" used to be that part of a company who helped workers deal with certain types of issues. "Human Resources" is now the part of a company which provides income for people who can't do anything useful. I have never seen a job description that actually describes what a person does all day. Whenever HR makes needs one from me, they do not ask me to describe what I do – they ask me to fill out a form designed by someone who is completely clueless about my job. Naturally, the form is meaningless. I always felt the name change from “Personnel” to “Human Resources” said a lot about the mental attitude – people are just one more resource, like paperclips, desks and machine tools. “Personnel” used to be that part of a company who helped workers deal with certain types of issues. “Human Resources” is now the part of a company which provides income for people who can’t do anything useful.

]]> By: David Hunt http://corcodilos.com/blog/43/roasting-the-job-description/comment-page-1#comment-980 David Hunt Wed, 28 May 2008 20:28:59 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/43/roasting-the-job-description#comment-980 Nick: Thanks so much for the mention - kind words indeed. :) David Nick:

Thanks so much for the mention – kind words indeed. :)

David

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