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I always see preferred as something they'd like, but if you don't have it, can learn it, and are a great match otherwise, then they'll give you a chance. Except when I see "bilingual preferred", I just pass. I figure if a job requires that much interaction with people who can't speak english, or speak it very well, I'll just get irate, so I move on.
Right now, a job I'm interviewing with prefers I know MS Access. I was honest, told them I haven't used Access in over 10 years, but database management was a core part of my degree so I understand the ins and outs of a database, but that I'd just need to relearn the 2007 software. That was good enough for them since they said, "we don't use it too often". I also had to take the test (I wonder what I scored) and they were happy with my results, so I may have done decent on it.
yeah, i skip "bilingual preferred" jobs because being bilingual usually ends up being pretty important.
i am learning spanish though (beyond the very, very basic spanish i already knew), because when you want to work for social justice type nonprofits in the northeast, you really need to know it. it's not necessary at my new job, but if i want to move on in a few years i might as well be prepared.
yeah, i skip "bilingual preferred" jobs because being bilingual usually ends up being pretty important.
i am learning spanish though (beyond the very, very basic spanish i already knew), because when you want to work for social justice type nonprofits in the northeast, you really need to know it. it's not necessary at my new job, but if i want to move on in a few years i might as well be prepared.
Yup whatever is preferred and I don't have it i just move on to the next ad
yeah, i skip "bilingual preferred" jobs because being bilingual usually ends up being pretty important.
i am learning spanish though (beyond the very, very basic spanish i already knew), because when you want to work for social justice type nonprofits in the northeast, you really need to know it. it's not necessary at my new job, but if i want to move on in a few years i might as well be prepared.
I have a feeling Spanish will be required in America more and more in the coming years. Possibly due to the illegal immigration deal (if it gets passed by the house and their conditions are accepted by the senate IF that happens)
Well, they should, because it's preferred, not required.
People should also apply for jobs if they're just a little short of the requirements if they can make a good case that they're qualified anyway. I'd only do that for a job I was REALLY interested in, cause in this economy it's a long shot. But I've done it. And I've gotten interviews for those jobs, a couple of times.
"Preferred" is code for "an absolute requirement unless you can otherwise show that your accomplishments are on the level of curing cancer."
This.
In a sane world, it just means, "it would be nice to have these skills," but based upon my own experience and of others, what it really means is, "We'll just keep looking around, hiring nobody, until that magic purple squirrel shows up with everything we want - and he or she must be willing to work for peanuts."
In a sane world, it just means, "it would be nice to have these skills," but based upon my own experience and of others, what it really means is, "We'll just keep looking around, hiring nobody, until that magic purple squirrel shows up with everything we want - and he or she must be willing to work for peanuts."
Exactly what I've seen. The like to haves are now required unless you fit it to the T and are willing to work for their pay.
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