Originally Posted by WorkingHard
Many years ago I was interviewing for a fairly senior post in my company and the applicant was a retiring Wg Cmdr. When I enquired about his qualification for the job (which had been omitted on his application form) the response was "But I am a Wg Cmdr old chap, that should be all the qualifaction you need" Thank goodness those days are long gone (aren't they?) No one would do that these days!
Erm, not so it would seem based on personal experience. Had a "conversation" with a recruitment "consultant" a couple of years ago and was told, "perfect fit" blah, blah---then came the "oh dear, I see you were only an airman---sorry, but you wouldn't have any project management skills unless you had been an officer"-----not the first time I encountered this perception either. A couple of tertiary level quals
plus experience counted for nothing it seemed in his / their perception----only the former rank mattered.