I’ve seen job adds like this though:
- Must have 10 years experience in circuit board design
- Must have 10 years C/C++ programming
- Must have 10 years Java programming
- Must have 10 years in real time operating systems
- Must be fluent in English and German
- Must know Android/iOS/Linux frameworks
- Must have 10 years writing device drivers
- Must have 10 years writing application software
- Must be fluent in middleware framework technologies for audio/video/graphics/networking/etc....and have 10 years experience working with them.
- ETC!!!
...job pays $80,000/yr.
I shook my head and figured “good luck”. Even if such a person existed I don’t think $80K is even a serious offer, that alone would scare anybody off.
I don’t deal with 20 somethings from here, most of the engineers under me are in other countries (not my choice), they work hard - although their lack of experience shows, mainly in wanting any decisions made for them.
My son is in this age group, although he’s a Marine and has witnessed the requirements of corporate America as I work from home and have to travel frequently - I wonder how many of these kids have a dad at home pushing them?
RE: I shook my head and figured “good luck”. Even if such a person existed I don’t think $80K is even a serious offer, that alone would scare anybody off.
That ad looks like a “fake” ad for the Department of Labor. It is a preliminary requirement for many companies to hire
someone they already have in mind ( usually, a foreigner ). They submit an ad like this to meet a formal government requirement.
In order to successfully hire the foreigner, they have to “prove” to the DOL that they can’t find anyone locally who can meet the job requirement they advertise. The ad will be there for some time and then, they tell the DOL that nobody applied. THEN, they hire the person they have in mind with DOL’s approval of course.
Want to know how to spot ads like these? Look at the language requirements... if you have it, that’s usually a hint that the company already has a foreigner they want to hire in mind.