Browser Choice May Affect Your Job Prospects 374
krygny sends this quote from The Economist:
"The internet browser you are using to read this blog post could help a potential employer decide whether or not you would do well at a job. How might your choice of browser affect your job prospects? When choosing among job applicants, employers may be swayed by a range of factors, knowingly and unknowingly. ... Evolv, a company that monitors recruitment and workplace data, has suggested that there are better ways to identify the right candidate for job. ... Among other things, its analysis found that those applicants who have bothered to install new web browsers on their computers (such as Mozilla's Firefox or Google's Chrome) perform better and stay in their posts for 15% longer, on average."
Re:Correlation is not causation (Score:5, Funny)
Additionally, having 5 web browsers installed and triple-booting operating systems might mean you get board easily and won't stick around at the job as long. I mean, still being on IE6 does show incredible staying power and loyalty, right?
And the one's who run IE (Score:2, Funny)
retire or are overdue for retirement...
And if you run Lynx (Score:5, Funny)
They'll only hire you as a sysadmin
subversive (Score:4, Funny)
If your browser string looks like this:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0
You're not a corporate believer and should never have a job... ever...
-- your typical H.R. idiot.
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Re:Loaded language? (Score:5, Funny)
"Did you really feel you had to defend yourself?" ...
Yes, because this is another transparent attempt to find pretexts on which to declare all US job appplicants to be "unqualified".
Save it for the interview .... if you get that far
Re:And if you run Lynx (Score:2, Funny)
Real sysadmins telnet to port 443
Re:Honest salesmen less effective (Score:5, Funny)
Reminds me of a cartoon I saw once. It showed a hiring manager explaining to a rejected job applicant: "no, actually your resume is quite impressive. The accomplishments at your previous employers are quite remarkable, and your commitment to your community service projects is commendable. But we are really looking for an unscrupulous ass-kissing minion to fill this position".
Re:Loaded language? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Loaded language? (Score:5, Funny)
I stopped reading after "THIS."
It's juvenile. Please stop.
This.
Re:Loaded language? (Score:5, Funny)
I throw out half of all applications without reading them.
I don't want to hire someone that's unlucky.
Re:Loaded language? (Score:5, Funny)
From the 3 gov't agencies, two non-profits and half-dozen private companies I've worked for as evidence, it seems that looking good in a tight dress is the major qualification.
What does that say about you? Personally, I think it would be distracting to work in an environment where all the guys run around in tight dresses all day.
Re:Loaded language? (Score:4, Funny)
I take it you haven't dealt much with the type of people most companies hire for the Personnel department.
From the 3 gov't agencies, two non-profits and half-dozen private companies I've worked for as evidence, it seems that looking good in a tight dress is the major qualification.
That's because, historically, personnel departments have been staffed by women and managed by men. And, surprise surprise, the male managers chose attractive women when given a choice.
Nowadays, of course, personnel departments are mostly managed by lesbians, so you still get the most attractive women being given preference.
It's just so unfair.
Re:Loaded language? (Score:4, Funny)
What's wrong with tight dresses :)
They're hard to reach up under to scratch your balls.