Thursday 17 September 2009 - Are testers still being hired on their testing ability? |
I posted this on the Softwaretestingclub forum and on linkedin and it's proving to be quiet a discussion, so I thought I'd blog it:
Are testers still being hired on their testing ability?
I'm looking for work, I'm a tester. I've noticed, in the UK at least, that the majority of roles are:
a. Extremely specific - To the point that people are either lying to
get hired and/or just don't exist and so are lying to get hired or
nobody is getting hired.
b. A lot of job descriptions mention Agile and are only looking for
people with Agile experience, but there are a lot of organisations who
admit they aren't doing Agile properly or are looking for help doing
Agile so again people are lying to get hired or nobody is getting
hired. Or the organisation (judging from the job description) have no
idea what they are doing and have just decided they are agile. If you
have been working some where in a collaborative team, working to tight
schedules, getting the job done, you won't get a look in because the
organisations hasn't adopted the Agile 'badge'.
c. Agile is about the people, the right people, using the right tools,
which ever tools they maybe, working together, using process which help
instead of hinder to get the job done. So then looking for people with
experience with a specific tool rather then the capabilities of working
with any tool is against the Agile 'spirit' is it not? Looking for
people who have had experience in a certain industry rather then the
right capabilities and drive is against the Agile 'spirit' is it not?
Am I missing something?
d. Organisations are in such a rush that testing is actually third or
forth on the list of requirements when they are looking for a tester.
IE security clearance, experience in an industry like *********,
finance, etc come first. Candidates aren't actually being vetted just
checklists ticked off..
e. Because organisations are so specific(ally wrong) that they maybe missing out on the right people for the job.
I can understand looking for someone with experience with the tools you
use and experience in the industry but it seems like it's got to such a
point that these are the first choice rather then a good candidate with
the ability to use the tools you have and learn the industry,
experience is what you do with it, are you sure you have the right
candidate?
Or maybe it's just me?
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Thursday 17 September 2009 - Approaching it from a different angle read Pete Nairn's blog |
| Posted by spikyone |
| Approaching it from a different angle, read Pete Nairn's blog: http://www.sqablogs.com/petenairn/2445\ |
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