Comments on: Wanted – Idealistic person prepared to work for £45,000 per year

By: Conor Henry

Conor Henry — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:32:42 +0000

Maybe the requirement to be based in Armagh has hampered the response rate. For this type of work ‘Bright 30 and 40-somethings (and even early 50-somethings)’ as you call them, generally want to work in city locations, ususlly close to university communities.

By: margaret mcmahon

margaret mcmahon — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:16:45 +0000

Andy-

I’m a bit concerned that you keep citing age brackets and ‘young’. Best to avoid this if you don’t want to fall foul of age discrimination law.

By: Paul Quinn

Paul Quinn — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:05:02 +0000

Andy,

Re-advertise and state in your criteria that you need a proven bridge builder such as someone from the Integrated Education sphere.

By: Mel Mc Conville

Mel Mc Conville — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:43:07 +0000

Andy

Maybe if you did not have such tight criteria regarding academic requirements you may get someone with sheer gut determination, with a nose to the ground and years of experience worth tapping into.

By: Keva Kane

Keva Kane — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:08:31 +0000

I think that this is the most unprofessional article I have ever seen. It is the epitome of bad practice, if I was a candidate wanting to apply for this job now I would run a mile at the thought that if I underperformed at interview I would be insulted on this forum. Perhaps this is the reason that you did not get the standard of applicants that you wanted, if the recruitment exercise as a whole was as unprofessional and arrogant as this article indicates, I do not see how you could have got the best out of candidates. Add to that the fact that you appear to be completely oblivious of age discrimination legislation in this article (which you have definately contravened) and I have to say that I congatulate the unsuccessful candidates for having a lucky escape!