Recruiter Iryna Tkachuk told how her colleague refused to even consider a candidate for the position of Python developer with a background in cashiering. This situation is being hotly discussed in the community.
Recruiter Iryna Tkachuk told how her colleague refused to even consider a candidate for the position of Python developer with a background in cashiering. This situation is being hotly discussed in the community.
« A strange situation happened the other day: I recommended a great, skilled candidate for the Python Developer position to my colleague. My colleague immediately said that she was not suitable because her resume included experience as a salesperson-cashier. Unfortunately for me, this became another example of how we can sometimes underestimate people, based only on their past. But didn’t we all start with something „not ideal“? Many great careers started with professions far from our current activities. For example, I am not ashamed of the fact that in order to get my current profession, I had to work completely outside my specialty (for some money you need to live and study),» Iryna wrote .
She asked the community whether it is worth including experience irrelevant to the job in a resume and wanted to hear the IT community’s assessment of the situation.
«My opinion is that let’s remember that a person is more than their resume. The past can be a starting point, but it is the desire to develop and work on yourself that determines the future,» the specialist believes.
Her post has over 50 comments. Here are the most vivid thoughts from IT people.
Artem Pelevin, Android Developer, noted: «And when I was 16, I helped repair furniture facades. Is this a good skill for a programmer or not?»
«Not so long ago, there was a post somewhere here about an outrage that a gynecologist had applied to a recruiter. The message was that she was not worthy of such a person, and that a gynecologist was not capable of mastering the art of recruiting,» says another example, Front-End Developer Yevgeny Zyuskin .
IT Project Manager Vitaly Biryukov ironically says: «My opinion is that the candidate should be told everything about the recruit. If the recruiter is after courses — No, especially „GoIT“. If he is over 30 — no. If he has worked somewhere before, especially with his hands, then no either.»
QA Engineer Kateryna Luczynska believes that the specialist’s indignation is quite strange. «Advice that you should not include information in your resume that is not related to a specific profession has been around for many years. It seems to me that the resume of a person who has neglected elementary advice looks very unprofessional. The resume should be edited and only include what relates to specific skills and experience. And during the interview, if the recruiter asks, you can tell and explain,» she believes.
«You don’t need to overload your resume with unnecessary information, there will be fewer ideas for such rejections,» notes HR BP Kateryna Selezneva .
