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Re: OT: "Gissa a Job!" & Location


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: OT: "Gissa a Job!" & Location
  • From: "K. C. Li" <li@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 13:13:20 +0100 (BST)
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On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Ian Oliver wrote:

> If someone is so sloppy as to have bloopers is their CV then frankly I
> don't want to employ them in any role.
>
> One today used "companies'" instead of "company's"
throughout and seemed
> to think that "it's" was the correct form of an indefinite
possessive!
> Shredded.

While I agree that the CV ideally should be well presented and correct in
every way but discarding someone's application because of minor language
mistakes is rather harsh and, if I may say so, arrogant. I have worked
with many talented programmers and analysts in my 20+ years in IT
(starting with ICL 2904 if anyone knows what it is) and not all of them
are brilliant in English. I personally know how tough it is to get the
English part right. Thank God for spelling checkers and my wife to
constantly correct my mistakes.

Regards,

Kwong Li
li@xxxxxxx
Laser Business Systems Ltd.
http://www.laser.com



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