I read a lot of CVs. Among things I pay attention to is spelling. While spellcheckers usually do a good job with normal Eglish dictionary words, they don’t do well with the industry acronims and product names. Letter cases is the most telling. Attention to detail being a quality I look for in candidates. Knowning the name of the language or library you are using is such details.
Same goes to the job postings. This is an example, posted in a developer group somewhere.
Mandatory – 4+ years experience in PHP, MYSQL, JQuery, Ajax and CSS
Advantage – Experience in Ubuntu, EC2, Drupal, Perl and JAVA
Advantage – BSc/BA in computer sciences
MYSQL? No, MySQL. JQuery? No jQuery. JAVA should be Java.
In my mind it is less excusable in a job posting then it is in a CV. Company has more resources to get its marketing materials right. And make no mistake, job positing is as much a marketing material as a CES poster. The quote above screams ineptitude.
I’ll not mention “degree in computer sciences”. It is computer science in which one gets a degree. But this is not as easy to verify by searching Google for 20 second . Getting jQuery spelling right is.
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