Downsizing or eliminating training programs and streamlining middle management have cratered career paths employees used to follow from the mailroom to the corner office. But it’s also an outcome of corporate America’s decades-long struggle for cost reductions to drive shareholder value. Hiring’s transformation to a hunt for purple squirrels is partly a result of digitization and the shift to posting jobs online. Hiring in 2020 is analogous to browsing photos of People’s Sexiest Man (or Woman) Alive before going on : nothing’s going to match up. Anyone who knows anything about the CISSP knows you need minimum five years of full-time experience.” Incorporating every conceivable qualification in job descriptions helps explain nearly 7 million unfilled jobs while tens of millions of talented and motivated workers – particularly new and recent graduates – struggle with underemployment. As one college senior recently posted on LinkedIn about cybersecurity analyst positions: “I’ve lost count of the number of ‘junior’ cybersecurity role advertisements I’ve seen that want 1-3 years of experience and a CISSP. Look at this marketing manager position in Denver (45 distinct requirements), or this product manager job in Houston (34 requirements), or this cybersecurity analyst position in Miami (33 requirements). Because you’ve probably never seen a purple squirrel, the result is disappointment – either in settling for an imperfect candidate or failing to fill the position. But the byproduct of including every conceivable qualification is that the job description paints a picture of a perfect candidate, i.e., a purple squirrel. So adding dozens of education, experience, and skill requirements to allow applicant tracking systems to filter out marginal candidates isn’t inherently daft. Dave Benett/Getty ImagesĮach online job posting generates hundreds of applications, and sometimes thousands.
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