Who's qualified to help DSPers back to work?? Salespeople
Nov 9, 2013 15:59:51 GMT 7
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Post by aussieinusa on Nov 9, 2013 15:59:51 GMT 7
So I stumbled across something interesting: the job ads one of the biggest Job Network and DES companies, MAXEmployment, put out for a "DES Support Worker".
Looking at the job title, you'd think they might be looking for a social worker, or someone else with disability support qualifications. Nope. This is their actual criteria for who they'll hire...
Source: www.seek.com.au/job/25496056 [emphasis mine]
So, the only actual prior work experience they're looking for on your resume is in sales and marketing.
The other criteria are all effectively meaningless. The first one, you can satisfy by saying something nice in the interview about, "Oh, I totes have empathy for them cripples!" The third, they're just saying they just want people who'll do whatever it takes to get the outcome, i.e. file the right forms to get the $$ from the govt. And the last... what the hell "have the ability to demonstrate" means, in terms of actual hiring criteria, I have no idea. Sounds like, if they can say, "we got a warm fuzzy feeling that one day they'd manage to demonstrate it", the person's in.
Ironically, they require less in terms of experience for a "DES Support Worker" than they do for a regular Job Network "Job Placement Coordinator".
Source: www.seek.com.au/job/25449485
So a Job Network person needs to "understand labour market trends and barriers faced by clients," but a DES Support Worker doesn't, apparently. They don't encourage recruitment people to apply for DES either; just the regular Job Network.
Here I honestly thought they'd be hiring low-paid social work graduates or similar, who at least have some background in understanding people facing serious challenges in life and what actually helps them. Nope, they're just spruikers.
Makes sense why they've proven so useless to offer any kind of meaningful help to me, or anyone else I've ever known who's gone through the Job Network / DES BS!
Looking at the job title, you'd think they might be looking for a social worker, or someone else with disability support qualifications. Nope. This is their actual criteria for who they'll hire...
In Order to be successful in the role you need to:
- Possess an empathetic approach to your client and their specific requirements
- Have demonstrated experience in sales and marketing
- Be a flexible outcome focused individual possess a "can-do" attitude
- Have the ability to demonstrate efficient and effective strategies to positively assist clients in overcoming severe and/or multiple non vocational barriers to employment.
So, the only actual prior work experience they're looking for on your resume is in sales and marketing.
The other criteria are all effectively meaningless. The first one, you can satisfy by saying something nice in the interview about, "Oh, I totes have empathy for them cripples!" The third, they're just saying they just want people who'll do whatever it takes to get the outcome, i.e. file the right forms to get the $$ from the govt. And the last... what the hell "have the ability to demonstrate" means, in terms of actual hiring criteria, I have no idea. Sounds like, if they can say, "we got a warm fuzzy feeling that one day they'd manage to demonstrate it", the person's in.
Ironically, they require less in terms of experience for a "DES Support Worker" than they do for a regular Job Network "Job Placement Coordinator".
In order to be successful you need to:
- Have previous sales or recruitment experience
- Be able to build strong relationships with a broad range of key stakeholders
- Have an understanding of labour market trends and barriers faced by clients
- Be self motivated, competitive and possess a desire to exceed KPI's
So a Job Network person needs to "understand labour market trends and barriers faced by clients," but a DES Support Worker doesn't, apparently. They don't encourage recruitment people to apply for DES either; just the regular Job Network.
Here I honestly thought they'd be hiring low-paid social work graduates or similar, who at least have some background in understanding people facing serious challenges in life and what actually helps them. Nope, they're just spruikers.
Makes sense why they've proven so useless to offer any kind of meaningful help to me, or anyone else I've ever known who's gone through the Job Network / DES BS!