Friday, December 12, 2008

"Rockstar" Abuse In Employment Ads

Just saw this beautiful diddy on craigslist:

Looking for WordPress Rockstar! (Anywhere)

Looking for wordpress rockstar to do multiple wordpress setup's for clients. This will be the basic wordpress setup, implementing theme, adding graphics, seo plugins, feedbuner, etc. Looking for someone that is reliable and can work within deadlines.

Must be a rockstar and have the goods to prove it!

Yes! You must be a rockstar to do this wordpress job! I see this kind of posting for computer jobs constantly. What do companies think they are getting when they get somebody that thinks they are a rockstar? Getting somebody that is a rockstar is awesome, getting somebody that is willing to think of themselves as a rockstar? TROUBLE. I've experienced this phenemonom a few times and I don't think the companies that post this type of requirement really think it through.

For some good examples of actual rockstar behavior check out this Cracked article.

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