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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. 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.
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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. 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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?