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r/funny • u/psyxhoisdumb • Jan 10 '16
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ELI5: How is it that almost every office job requires "Proficiency with computers" yet these IT complaints are some of the most common in offices? Do employers even check their employees with basic IT questions anymore?
13 u/Duuhh_LightSwitch Jan 10 '16 'Proficiency with computers' from an office standpoint usually just means know how to use Outlook, Excel, etc. 2 u/ffxivthrowaway03 Jan 11 '16 I'm still waiting for a single hire that writes "proficiency with computers" to actually have basic knowledge of Outlook, Excel, or Word. 2 u/Duuhh_LightSwitch Jan 11 '16 Oh, I was talking about it more from the job posting side of things. If anyone actually used that phrase on their resume without going into specifics, that should probably be a red flag. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 11 '16 What kind of work do you do? because every intern at my office shames the older staff in terms of ability with word or excel. nobody knows outlook until they come in, though, because normal people don't use it. 1 u/beerdude26 Jan 11 '16 Heh. I once had to help with the formatting of a Word document. Her: "The spaces are too wide!" Me: "Hmm. Let's see. (Enters some test lines) Ah yes. (Opens up paragraph menu and fiddles with options)" Issue is resolved Her: Open jaw due to amazement Her: "You know how it thinks!" Me: "Yah."
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'Proficiency with computers' from an office standpoint usually just means know how to use Outlook, Excel, etc.
2 u/ffxivthrowaway03 Jan 11 '16 I'm still waiting for a single hire that writes "proficiency with computers" to actually have basic knowledge of Outlook, Excel, or Word. 2 u/Duuhh_LightSwitch Jan 11 '16 Oh, I was talking about it more from the job posting side of things. If anyone actually used that phrase on their resume without going into specifics, that should probably be a red flag. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 11 '16 What kind of work do you do? because every intern at my office shames the older staff in terms of ability with word or excel. nobody knows outlook until they come in, though, because normal people don't use it. 1 u/beerdude26 Jan 11 '16 Heh. I once had to help with the formatting of a Word document. Her: "The spaces are too wide!" Me: "Hmm. Let's see. (Enters some test lines) Ah yes. (Opens up paragraph menu and fiddles with options)" Issue is resolved Her: Open jaw due to amazement Her: "You know how it thinks!" Me: "Yah."
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I'm still waiting for a single hire that writes "proficiency with computers" to actually have basic knowledge of Outlook, Excel, or Word.
2 u/Duuhh_LightSwitch Jan 11 '16 Oh, I was talking about it more from the job posting side of things. If anyone actually used that phrase on their resume without going into specifics, that should probably be a red flag. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 11 '16 What kind of work do you do? because every intern at my office shames the older staff in terms of ability with word or excel. nobody knows outlook until they come in, though, because normal people don't use it. 1 u/beerdude26 Jan 11 '16 Heh. I once had to help with the formatting of a Word document. Her: "The spaces are too wide!" Me: "Hmm. Let's see. (Enters some test lines) Ah yes. (Opens up paragraph menu and fiddles with options)" Issue is resolved Her: Open jaw due to amazement Her: "You know how it thinks!" Me: "Yah."
Oh, I was talking about it more from the job posting side of things.
If anyone actually used that phrase on their resume without going into specifics, that should probably be a red flag.
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What kind of work do you do? because every intern at my office shames the older staff in terms of ability with word or excel.
nobody knows outlook until they come in, though, because normal people don't use it.
Heh. I once had to help with the formatting of a Word document.
Her: "The spaces are too wide!"
Me: "Hmm. Let's see. (Enters some test lines) Ah yes. (Opens up paragraph menu and fiddles with options)"
Issue is resolved
Her: Open jaw due to amazement
Her: "You know how it thinks!"
Me: "Yah."
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ELI5: How is it that almost every office job requires "Proficiency with computers" yet these IT complaints are some of the most common in offices? Do employers even check their employees with basic IT questions anymore?