OT: Buckeye Job Recruiters

Submitted by DJEasy12 on

I don't normally post, but a buddy sent me this gem. I thought it was quite amusing: 

"Recruiter called yesterday told me she had .net developer position doing work in "The C Pound". Now, normally, I just hang up on recruiters, but when she said "The C Pound", I needed to know more. So, I politely corrected her and said "it is just called C sharp, but it is written as the letter C with a pound sign." She continued on with her little phone talking points but through the whole thing she kept calling it "The C Sharp." I declined her request to know more but I did ask where she attended school, and yes it was "The Ohio State University." This made my day."

And someone responded with this gem: 

"Someone asked me the other day if I was looking to relocate to the Columbus OH area. I had to decline her and let her know that nobody is ever actually trying to relocate there..."

Happy OT Season!

Edit: C# is a computer programming language - the recruiter kept calling it "C pound" instead of C-sharp and she kept adding "The" in front of it. 

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superstringer

February 11th, 2017 at 7:32 PM ^

I think he has a misspeak -- I think he meant to say, throughout the conversation, she kept calling it C-pound (he incorrectly writes C-sharp).

I'm sorry, does not knowing C pound versus C sharp really speak to a bad education?  Cuz my UM engineering degree didn't arm me to know the difference.  The OP sounds... petty.  But, anyway, Go Blue!

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bhughes81

February 11th, 2017 at 8:32 PM ^

My Engineering degree required me to learn most of the basic programming languages - which includes C#. What type of engineering degree did you get that did not require it, as i know EE and CE both do.

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laus102

February 11th, 2017 at 9:11 PM ^

While it's not exactly an uncommon or exotic language, I never heard of it being taught in the engineering school at UM.  It's a functional language, which is more applicable to math-oriented jobs.  

UM engineering was mostly C/C++.  Python, JS, jQuery as well.  

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crg

February 12th, 2017 at 7:42 AM ^

Back in my day we had to take an intro engineering course that covered C++ and MATLAB. I believe it was required for most engineering majors during freshman year. Not sure what they do now.

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LSAClassOf2000

February 11th, 2017 at 7:35 PM ^

This might be in the running for the most random post of the week actually, which is saying something in a season of up and down basketball and just after a lengthy discussion on the relative level of interest in threads which highlight a GoFundMe campaign.

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crg

February 12th, 2017 at 7:38 AM ^

While not prompted by any specific athletic event, I think the story is relevant to the UM workforce out in the world. Two lessons reinforced here: 1) Make sure you know something about your subject before you begin discussing it (if you are recruiting for software jobs it might be good to know the terminology and some background info) and 2) adding unecessary articles into sentences and phrases makes your speech sound awkward. If they don't teach those points at OSU then they have to learn on the job.

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Heywood_Jablome

February 11th, 2017 at 7:53 PM ^

Why do you assume a recruiter is going to automatically understand your particular industry's lingo?  Recruiters are not experts in a field.

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blueblue

February 12th, 2017 at 2:18 PM ^

I am about to try to make money having a brief conversation several times with different professionals about a subject I know nothing about using terminology I don't even know how to pronounce. I can A) proceed with the phone calls, or B) spend 5 min on the Internet, then make the calls. The reason this might say something about how educated you are is: are you trained to instinctively research what you don't know, or just to be content with ignorance?

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WeimyWoodson

February 11th, 2017 at 9:46 PM ^

For several years. For lots of firms they literally just assign you a different position to work on daily with next to no information to go off of. I made the exact same mistake calling it C pound to a potential candidate I called. This person for IT actually had a personality so we just laughed after he corrected me. I would range from filling call center jobs to IT positions to crazy high level pharma position all within the same week. Obviously none of us knew everything about the job but if the candidate was interested and was a good fit the hiring managers would answe any of their questions. On a more personal level don't be a dick to recruiters, unlike sale people trying to get your money, recruiters are there to help you with money.

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WeimyWoodson

February 12th, 2017 at 12:47 AM ^

The whole "Thee" bs is silly and annoying. One of the many amazing things about my wife (she's an OSU grad) not only does she root against OSU when they play Michigan for me, she also goes on awesome tirades about how stupid the whole "thee" thing is. If I was destined to be with a Buckeye, I sure got lucky with the one I'm matched up with.

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bhughes81

February 11th, 2017 at 8:35 PM ^

C# is one of THE most basic computer programming languages that even my middle school, teenage daughter knows. I fully comprehended what you were saying, and I am having a very difficult time understanding why these people are now. 

I also find that HILLARIOUS that recruiter doesn't know how to properly pronounce a job title that she is trying to sell to someone. Sounds like a real winner of a recruiter.

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1VaBlue1

February 11th, 2017 at 11:09 PM ^

What makes you think we give a rats ass about what other people think?  Especially buckeyes?  You think we're arrogant?  Good for you.  We think you're an uneducated, redneck, jackass.  Good for us.

Move along, jockstrap, nothing to see here...

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