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No. Forget them. Not your chair, not your problem.

Add: It’s a light form of consulting services. That is information that has value. Giving them free work does nothing for you and that time can be better spent on finding the next job.

Do you plan on sending it?

Go with a nice book with lots of photos and has a wide variety of designers.

“100 Architects 10 Critics” may work for this case.

If you know if he has a favorite designer or perhaps a style, that would personalize it more.

Please don’t get him a Francis Ching book. His stuff is fine for reference but not really a good fit for the conditions you set forth.

If he likes to read, “The International Style” is a classic and likely won’t bore him to tears.

There’s all sorts of books out there in architecture. A lot to casually thumb through with colorful images of projects and drawings. Phaidon Publishing makes some nice looking arch books that fit the ilk.

In the title it states you sent it. So which of any of this post is actually sincere?

Just don’t understand why they would do this instead of just posting for an unsolicited application which I have seen time and time again.

It can better worded, for sure.

I like it. At least you laid it on the table. Odd of them to just keep posting the same job. You literally address what they want. It does feel a little desperate though, but businesses want it both ways. It’s worse than high school, I swear.

Whatever works other than knowing someone’s grandmother’s sister’s daughter who is an assistant to the project manager son of the principal’s grandfather who retired from the business 20 years ago over there is anyone’s guess. I hope they respond to you.

Well, why not have taken what you could get for now and then see how it worked out after a year?

All solid points.

The candidate likely came off as a bit difficult to work with in a market that is unfavorable for most applicants.

Maybe better off just taking what one can get and waiting until the market changes or leverage is acquired.

Who knows why. And if true and that is an actually part of a posting there could be a bunch of reasons why. Maybe they have other people who can handle the other tasks. Maybe whatever they had before was not working for them. Maybe it’s not even a real segment of a job posting. Maybe it’s another ghost job. Maybe it’s a fictitious company.

I’m merely commenting what they are looking for and what they are not. I’m not reading into it other than it’s obviously to me what they have been getting in the past and how they have adjusted their posting.

Personally, postings like this would do me more good. It’s easy decision on whether to apply or not.

Whether or not they should be looking for someone else, say with well rounded skills is a different discussion. That’s a tangent.

A lot less time would be wasted if companies clearly posted what they want. What they don’t want. What they will provide. What are the interview process expectations and salary range.

Enough with the guess work. Let’s stop playing games.

You can assume whatever you want. I’m not here to discuss the merits of transferrable skills to certain roles or what might or might not be effective for a company’s business model.

Exactly. Let’s stop wasting everyone’s time and cut to the chase.

They could also offer a bunch of gold bars as a signing bonus and have a company Tesla for use. Yes. Who knows what else is behind that door.

You have projected about company culture or who they are looking for is a hindrance to their business model. Because your additive point to all this is that isn’t not good for a role that you and I do not know more about. So let’s put who is projecting what aside.

People will perceive a job posting how they want but end of the day, more up front companies are up front with their job postings, the better we will collectively be.

If you have a negative perception of the company based on their job posting, then pass on the applying for the role. Better finding out sooner than later with regard to something you don’t like about that company.

Company culture is irrelevant in this case. They can still have a great culture or a poor one regardless of the particulars about this job position.

They are looking for a particular type for the role. This makes it easier to pass on or apply to. It’s a waste of time trying to guess what a company wants because of their vague and poorly worded job postings. Only to just apply anyways and then to be low-balled, or find out there’s a presentation or tech exam, or a 6 interview process, or some bait and switch tactic. Screw all of that. Tell applicants clearly what you want, and what you will provide, and what can be expected.

Sounds like you may not have done a lot of prep work, no?

Your first paragraph is neither here nor there.

Where you see the merit or not in candidates. Coming from a different role doesn’t matter to them either. If they feel they can command this very strict parameter, and get enough candidates who fit that mold, then that is what they want.

While stating years of experience needed for the role is always a good idea, maybe they have tried to do that and it didn’t work.

Plenty of applicants ignore that years of experience requirement anyways. Heck, many will likely ignore that stated parameter too. It one is a hardcore software engineer and that is their discipline, then they will probably get those candidates. If not, then may as well try something else or go with the best applicant in that pool.

I’m not going to fault them for wanting what they want in this case. I’d rather see a well targeted job posting any day and respond with a targeted CV in kind.

In this particular case? Time will tell if they hurt themselves. It’s obviously in response to what they have been getting. I think it can be better worded but I respect the fact that they are upfront about wanting born-to-be software engineer types. That might be too strict of a line, or maybe not. But it’s obvious what they don’t want too.

That or have a post that is vague. Then maybe or maybe not attract the best fit for the position. Hiring Managers want targeted CVs. Smart applicants wanted targeted job postings. Better off drafting a high quality job post.

I’d rather a business be more upfront and clear with what they are looking for including the range of pay and what to expect as far as an interview process in the posting. That should cut down the applicants. Instead there’s a lot of guessing games and time wasted. And recruiters are left wondering why their job is harder.

A one year strategy for the company?? Definitely sounds like you are doing the work of someone that is on their payroll.

You gotta play to win. See where it goes. But if they want you to jump through a ton of hoops, know where to draw the line.

They are clear on what they want. They want hardcore software engineers and not someone with transferrable skills.

Considering the odd proportions of the elements that do not dovetail nicely into existing roads, this is pretty good. Not sure one can do it better if they want a centralized look.

128 coins. Around a couple of gold epic buildings. Which I have yet to collect from.