fluent Czechoslovakian

[privateeye]

Is this real - you must speak Czech in SW London - just got it in my email subscription to jobserve

Industry: IT
Type: Contract
Position: Java Developer
Skills: Urgently required for a short term contract in the South West
area is an experienced Java Developer with knowledge of JSP and
Servlets. You must also be fluent speaking and writing in
Czechoslovakian. If you are suitable for this role please send your CV
immediately.
Location: South West London
Start Date: 1 Week
Duration: 1-2 months
Advertiser: Premier IT

[bfg]

It is illegal to say 'We want a cheap person from Eastern Europe so subjects of Her Majesty need not apply'.

It is not illegal to say 'Must speak <insert language of choice here> fluently'.

They DO run the risk of getting applications from expensive cunning linguists though.

HTH

[DodgyAgent]

It is illegal to say 'We want a cheap person from Eastern Europe so subjects of Her Majesty need not apply'.

It is not illegal to say 'Must speak <insert language of choice here> fluently'.

They DO run the risk of getting applications from expensive cunning linguists though.

HTH

Nothing ever gets a positive reaction on this site does it? You are a knob bfg, the employer is Reuters and they recruit Europeans to develop products to be sold to EU countries and supported from the YK. Of course if you dont like it why dont you write to your MP and suggest that Reuters move their operation to Czech republic

[DimPrawn]

Why would Rooters hiring Checks on the cheap get a warm reaction from us?

[bfg]

Nothing ever gets a positive reaction on this site does it? You are a knob bfg, the employer is Reuters and they recruit Europeans to develop products to be sold to EU countries and supported from the YK. Of course if you dont like it why dont you write to your MP and suggest that Reuters move their operation to Czech republic

Maybe it is because I have seen such adverts many times and because for some reason many of them state a requirement for an Eastern European or Indian Language for a job based in the UK. Maybe I'm a realist.

On the other hand maybe I'm a nob ( I think you intended to say pessimist, but being an agent I don’t expect your vocabulary stretches that far ).

[Clog II The Avenger]

Czechoslovakian?

Typical ignorant agent. There is no such language as Czechoslovakian

[Spartacus]

Typical ignorant agent. There is no such language as Czechoslovakian

In which case the suitable candidate should be able to command a very high rate. Sounds like a job for Threaded - he's fluent in several languages that don't exist.

[The Lone Gunman]

Have you not considered that the end client of these jobs may well be abroad and someone is developing in the UK for them instead of offshoring?

If it upsets you that much then learn the foreign language and apply for the job.
I would suggest Urdu or Hindi might be a good start seeing as how thats where all the jobs are going maybe cantonese or mandarin.

[Lord]

There is no such language as Czechoslovakian

[threaded]

There's no such language as Czechoslovakian.