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#83
Originally Posted by qole View Post
Oh and Nokia: If you are having difficulty beefing up your teams with good people, it is probably because you need to get a better HR department first. Stop hiring with a shopping list of buzzwords. You need to be hiring smart, very flexible people who can figure out how to do new stuff, rather than people with experience doing what you're already doing. If you hire experienced people, then you can't be at the cutting edge.
Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
And as to your last part: there are several of us (yes, I'll selfishly include myself) that should have been snagged by Maemo Devices. I know I'd be busting my @$$ in any capacity I could if I was still in Nokia directly supporting this effort.

Not to turn this into a whinefest, but I applied to the Nokia Graduate Program and thought I did a damn good job of showing that I understand both marketing and technology. Didn't even get an interview.

I mostly figured I had too little experience, but it's a program for recent graduates, so I was left wondering. It's not that I'm bitter, but I'm really curious about what kind of amazing people ended up getting hired.

Knowing would also give me a chance to better myself for future opportunities, or apply for more appropriate tasks. Maybe this is something the community council could look into?

Edit: look into what it takes to get hired, I mean.

Last edited by jnwi; 2010-05-03 at 18:38.
 

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