Only College Grads Are Smart
This excerpt is taken from a sales ad by a well-known, national recruiting company:
But you must be sales orientated - it (sic) you have a specific industry or occupational background such as IT, engineering, or whatever that is good but again not a requirement. You must be smart - normally a college grad.
Boy, where to start on that short piece of bad writing. I would not recommend using “whatever” in an ad - sounds like a high school student. I doubt the author’s intention was to state that college grads are the only smart candidates, but you can see how the mangled syntax of that sentence could be misconstrued.
I continue to state that online ads are very effective for sourcing strong candidates, but the ad must be well constructed . . . and well written.
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Posted By Derrick Moe | Employment Ads, Hiring Salespeople | |
I’m sure glad Derrick is willing to stick up for those of us who are in a specific lack of educational ability such as no degree. It you don’t have a degree doesn’t mean you can’t be sales orientated - just look at Donald Trump and Bill Gates. I’d say their sales orientated.
I agree with the author of the online ad that a degree is good, but not a requirement again. On the other hand I agree with Derrick, who must be smart, and normally a college grad, for whatever.
Michael - I’ve got your back! I particularly enjoyed your last sentence.