Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Lazy programmers, and organizations that just *don't get it*.

As a professional who takes pride in my work, and as a job-seeker (because a consultant is only as good as your last gig) I find myself often frustrated by the incredibly stupid workflow errors that get published when people craft websites.

Specifically, the kind of errors that crop up because they are lazy, didn't think it through, or just plain stupidity...

The Health Net job board a current favorite example.


IT Support Specialist #30121

Date: Sep 28, 2016
Location: Woodland Hills, CA, US, 91367
Company: Health Net, Inc.

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Job Summary
Serve as the primary contact in providing desktop, laptop and peripheral computer support to internal partners and vendors.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
·        Perform imaging, moves, adds and changes (IMAC) of desktop and laptop computers.
·        Provide level 2 support for computer-related problems.
·        Respond to requests for new services
·        Investigate, research and troubleshoot more complex IT related issues
·        Perform new user IT training and communication of IT policies and standards

And when you select "Apply Now" --- because I have been here before so my info is already in the system; it starts you off by asking the SAME questions (background)  that it asked last time... except that the "older" optional history is already there.  So, the current tedious job-history-employment isn't saved... but prior entries are.

Why?

nevermind...