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In reply to the discussion: Looking For A Job Today AND....... WTF [View all]doc03
(36,272 posts)18. My guess is they have a person in line for the job that just happens
to be a friend or relative of management or a favored employee. The company I worked for did that all the time to slip in a management or union official's friend or relative.
on edit: Guess what just popped up to the right of my post, an ad for a truck driving school.
There is an example of corporations using a similar program as the NSA to sell stuff. They see truck in a post and up comes a truck driving school ad.
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That sucks. And makes no sense. Good luck to you. I would be curious to know how many drivers.....
Logical
Jun 2013
#3
I have a CDL. Never used it. Drivers like to say there are people with PhD's driver, but from the
Nanjing to Seoul
Jun 2013
#41
It automatically eliminates a huge number of applicants and saves the hiring manager's time.
Brickbat
Jun 2013
#7
they may want someone who wants to move up, that might be their business strategy.
loli phabay
Jun 2013
#16
I googled "transportation management degree" - all one phrase - and got 100,000 hits. O_O
reformist2
Jun 2013
#13
I was wondering too! Apparently my college offers such program for grad students.
alp227
Jun 2013
#34
Sometimes these job descriptions are written to give the appearance of objectivity by (1) family
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#25
More likely the idiot employer has no clue what that degree is for, but thinks it sounds cool.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2013
#26
At one time someone with a BS in Transportation Mgmt would be over qualified
rightsideout
Jun 2013
#30
Go to the local truck stop at lunch and find someone driving one of their trucks and ask.
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#44
Similar situation where one needs a BA in education AND a certification to teach in my state
no_hypocrisy
Jun 2013
#50