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Wade Harshman Scrum Master| GDIT Indianapolis, In, United States
Today, I came across a job on LinkedIn for a "Scrum Master" position that required, among other things, the ability to "manage 5 teams," requirements management, a strong background in MS Project, a masters degree, and 10 years of architectural design experience. Not mentioned were actual scrum master skills, such as removing impediments or facilitating retrospectives.

What are some of the worst job descriptions you've come across? And why is the talent search process so broken?
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
A lack of quality control over job descriptions from hiring managers and recruiters combined with a lack of understanding of what specific roles are supposed to be responsible for.

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Patrick Aspell Business Owner | Consultant| Aspell Services, Inc. Boston, Ma, United States
I have a small business and specialize in providing Project Management services. I have moved into the staffing space focusing on the niche of PM roles initially. Often times job descriptions may be written by staff who do not have the prior experience with the PMI space in the way we do. When I see that it shows there is a need for PMI trained professional consultant like myself and most likely a need within the org for expert level PM's.
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Verónica Elizabeth Pozo Ruiz RYLAI Access Control Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Very often wrong job descriptions occur when Human Resources Department elaborates the profiles without and adequate coordination and assessment of the Functional Department where the job position is needed.
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
It is not new. It is amazing to see how the opposite you are stating can be found.
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Abolfazl Yousefi Darestani Manager, Quality and Continuous Improvement| Hörmann-TNR Industrial Doors Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
You may see this in the market. Some (not all) of them can be intentional. They really want to find smart applicants and evaluate your reaction to similar situations. Am I a fan of this? Of course not, however, this is what it is.
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1 reply by Wade Harshman
Oct 15, 2020 8:57 AM
Wade Harshman
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I'm not sure I understand when you say they want to evaluate our reaction. When I see a job posting and the description is awful, I will pass. I may not be the smartest applicant, but how will they find good applicants if the job description is poorly written?
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Wade Harshman Scrum Master| GDIT Indianapolis, In, United States
Oct 15, 2020 8:53 AM
Replying to Abolfazl Yousefi Darestani
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You may see this in the market. Some (not all) of them can be intentional. They really want to find smart applicants and evaluate your reaction to similar situations. Am I a fan of this? Of course not, however, this is what it is.
I'm not sure I understand when you say they want to evaluate our reaction. When I see a job posting and the description is awful, I will pass. I may not be the smartest applicant, but how will they find good applicants if the job description is poorly written?
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Eduard Hernandez
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Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
I sometimes come across junior roles requiring 5 or more years of work experience. Which it reads "we are looking to recruit a non junior professional in return of a junior salary".
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Mayte Mata Sivera PMO Leader | Speaker | Author Ut, United States
The process is broken... lack of communication or collaboration between HR and the team that have the need, using HR hiring tools and don't set up them correctly example: I got an Automatic message saying "sorry for applying this job however your Spanish level isn't fluent and we are looking for a fluent Spanish speaker" I filled the form with "native"...some times is frustrating.

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