Jobsplaining – Alternative Recruitment Glossary
Trevor’s an Accountant. He’s been one for about 15 years.
One day he’s sitting on the train home after a particularly bad day at work.
First, he was passed over for promotion. Then his boss behaved even more stupidly than usual. On reflection, Trevor’s realised he’s become stale and isn’t learning anything anymore.
So, he gets out his phone and starts looking at accountancy jobs.
He starts his search on Google, then trawls LinkedIn and visits his favourite job board. He searches ‘Accountant, London, £50K’.
Trevor soon starts seeing job listings for accountancy jobs, in London, all paying around £50K.
And what does he see when he clicks on the first one?
A job posting for an Accountant with a big list of tasks and responsibilities that include things like:
- “preparation of statutory accounts”
- “corporate tax returns and computations”
- “management accounts and VAT returns”
In other words, a job posting that explains what an Accountant does all day to an Accountant called Trevor who spends all day accounting.
Now Trevor knows what it’s like to be a woman who’s just had to listen to a man explain how use hair tongs.
Jobsplaining.
Keeping people in jobs they don’t like for 20 years.
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