Fishing - So complicated

Nightmare: You get a call concerning a job application
"Hallo can I speak to a Mr. FrugalAfrican? I have your CV in front of me and I have a question, can you speak French?"

Ah... I beg your pardon.

Well apparently they actually wanted a person fluent in French - how else can you conduct an Internal Audit without speaking the language? Is it just me or have the goal posts changed? I guess it has become so competitive that a degrees and professional qualifications are not enough. A tragic though if one is aiming too high (whatever that is).

With the internet it is less complicated to locate vacancies around the world - whether that is good I don't know. Because the whole process in my opinion has become informal - I mean filling out a form is different from giving me a blank sheet of paper and telling me to explain why I am suited for a role within say Microsoft. Even worse I hear that companies are using candidate-sifting software in the recruitment process - not sure how it works but would imagine that it looks for specific words and terms to select. Woe unto you if you have limited vocabulary! A professor once made a point in a Business Unit I was taking that it is not just the certificates you collect but talking your way to the top. Of course he was warning non-English speaking students of what to expect especially if they want to work in the UK.

Gone are the good days when fishing was not complicated, back to the basics.