>Incidentally, Matt writes, "Usually though the Bosses are writing the
>job descriptions." This is misleading. Matt's "boss" was _not_ one of
>"The Bosses" (he only capitalized Bosses, but The should be capitalized
>also). "The Bosses" is popular shorthand (or sometimes euphemism) for
>Capitalist Class or even Capitalism. But the Capitalist Class didn't
>write those job specs; a working supervisor, i.e., a member of the
>working class, wrote them.
just to clarify, it was an error on my part to use language that made it seem that this is intentional.
my other guess is this:
1. people don't know what they are doing, so they look at other job ads. 2. you don't want to give away the keys to the store. that is, position open ads are sources of information about how a company does business. the least detail given the better since it's not just potential candidates who read the description but other employees at the company as well as competitors.
(note: when you see people operating differently, it is almost invariably because it is a very small business)
overposters' anonymous meeting calls..............
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