Re: FN-FORUM: Exciting New Project

date posted 11th June 2003 23:08

Dave Edwards [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

> > The ideal team would consist of young, creative and enthusiastic
> > individuals who like a great challenge and are passionate about music.
>
> Anyone else offended by the 'ideal team would consist of YOUNG ...'?
> AGEIST! Grrr!

Interesting point.. I guess what they want is a team that will fit
together nicely and perhaps the music they're dealing with has a
"young" (in music biz terms) target audience, so that translates to a
"young" team. I think I can see what they're asking for, but perhaps
not putting it or asking for it in the correct terms.

I've been on the other end of the scale, ie. being too young. I got
through the 2nd interview for a job, and vibes of them being very keen
and then the recruitment agent coming back to me with "they don't think
you have enough commercial experience".

I said to the agent, "and it took them the 2nd interview to decide that?"
She agreed it was a bit fishy and went away to try and find out more,
but she either didn't find out, or wouldn't tell me. My suspicion is
that their HR put the block on it because I was probably asking for too
much money in comparison to existing staff of a similar age, despite
that it was within their salary range for the role and not a huge
increase over my current salary at the time.

-Paul-

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