Job Descriptions

Why is it that every time I look at a job posting, the would-be employer always says something like:

You must be a motivated, self-starter and team player with a great attitude, excellent communication skills and great sense of design.

Honestly, if every job posting I look at says this, is it really necessary? Do they actually think that somewhere out there there is a job description like this:

You must be a slothful, demotivated loner with a bad attitude, habitual mumbling and must like Memphis-style design.

Mind you, my complaining about this doesn't mean I am a demotivated mumbling disgruntled lone designer. It just means I am a motivated, self-starting disgruntled designer.

And another thing. Who are these companies to say what is good design? I am sure all the friends in the Memphis boxing ring thought they were high on the design hog in their day, but really... look what they did to the 80's.

I am sure the hiring process could be considerably less inefficient if HR would just list the keywords that their database program is looking for.

Hi, we are So-n-so Inc, everything about us is on our website. We are looking for someone with 3 Years of experience and skills in:

• Solidworks / ProE
  
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• Product Presentations
• Exact0-blades
• Making us lots of money

If you don't have these keywords on your resume, our robots will totally ignore your existence. Have a nice day.

Is that so hard?