Re: Resume inflation (was Re: [SAGE] Tests for Systems Administrator interviews.)

[Josh Smith <irilyth@infersys.com>]

SS == Steve Simmons <scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>

SS> I'm honestly sorry for you, Trey, but that's just how the game works
SS> today. From the job seekers side, not to play means not to work. So I
SS> don't see it getting better for a while. The best source of candidates
SS> is still networking, but when it fails, the fallback is pretty ugly.

In my experience, bad situations are often caused by people who stand to
gain as a result (or at least who think they do). Not always, but often;
often enough that it leads me to wonder here: Who gains from the current
situation? Is resume inflation just a runaway force of nature, or is it
something that someone has a vested interest in encouraging?

                                      -Josh (irilyth@infersys.com)