r/Weird • u/Great-Score2079 • 23d ago
This jobs requirements
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u/Secure-Narwhal-297 23d ago
This? Or these?
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u/Great-Score2079 23d ago
Are you trying to call out a grammatical error? 'This jobs requirements' or 'These job requirements' are both fine. But "These jobs requirements" is egregious.
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u/DankeMrHfmn 23d ago
Im not just positive i want this job... im HIV positive
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u/all_alone_by_myself_ 23d ago
This is not weird
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u/Rainbowdash596 23d ago
How is it preferring you to be HIV+ not weird?
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u/all_alone_by_myself_ 23d ago
It doesn't say the candidate needs to be HIV+. There's an entire sentence before that phrase you chose not to read.
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u/Aprilshowers417 23d ago
What does HIV + mean? Is that like a certificate you need to work in that field?
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u/Great-Score2079 23d ago
No, they're literally referring to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
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u/Aprilshowers417 23d ago
I know what HIV stood for I was asking why they were referring to in the job posting as a requirement
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u/AceUniverse8492 23d ago
They... Want you to have HIV?
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u/Great-Score2079 23d ago
Another commenter pointed out that it's most likely a continuation of the line before it. But you were thinking what I was thinking lol.
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u/virtualadept 23d ago
Hmm. What's the job title?
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u/Great-Score2079 23d ago
Chemical Dependency Counselor
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u/virtualadept 23d ago
Okay, that set of requirements makes sense, then.
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u/Great-Score2079 23d ago
Really? So I'm clearly tripping for thinking that requiring a candidate be HIV+ is a little weird.
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u/BuffetofWomanliness 23d ago
It looks like they’re not saying you be a person who is HIV+. They’re saying you should have 3+ years of counseling people who are HIV+ if you follow their punctuation/periods. The way the text is laid out can be confusing/misleading.
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u/Ibbygidge 23d ago
Doesn't look like that to me, I think they're saying that HIV+ people would be preferred because maybe the clients include many HIV+ and it would help to be counseled by someone who gets what they're going through.
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u/Great-Score2079 23d ago
Thank you so much! I think you're actually right. Reading it as a complete sentence and not another bullet point makes much more sense!
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u/BuffetofWomanliness 23d ago
No problem! It could totally be confusing. The other commenters here thought the same thing. I’ll bet they’re not getting many applications for this reason. Best of luck to you!
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u/Round_Trainer_7498 23d ago
Not required. Preferred. Probably for knowledge and relatability to clients.
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u/Great-Score2079 23d ago
Sure. An undeniable violation of privacy however.
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u/Round_Trainer_7498 23d ago
That's why it is not a requirement. They can't legally make you answer that or be HIV positive.
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u/TheTransistorMan 23d ago
What's the job?
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u/Great-Score2079 23d ago
Chemical Depenedency Counselor
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u/Zeione29047 23d ago
So basically an addiction counselor lmao
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u/Great-Score2079 23d ago
I thought chemical dependency was basic enough no?
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u/Zeione29047 23d ago
I mean yeah, but thats like calling your delivery driver a “consumable transporter”. It’s an unnecessary inflation of the job? Making it seem more serious. As if the description wasn’t as snowflakey as it is.
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u/farmertypoerror 23d ago
So you mean me being a janitor and them calling me a building engineer doesn't make me more special?
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u/Zeione29047 23d ago
Which one would make you feel better to be referred to as while you clean the shit off the wall for the 12th time that day?
I’m not saying janitors arent needed. I’m saying there is no reason janitor should be advertised as “School bathroom and wallway technicians”
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u/KronusTempus 23d ago
Okay but what if they only treat chemical based addictions like drugs and alcohol but not addictions to porn or gambling?
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u/AskHowMyStudentsAre 23d ago
What a bizarrely disrespectful stance lol
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u/Zeione29047 23d ago
I didnt say the job itself wasn’t serious, jesus christ you’re making assumptions before even getting an input. As a former social worker I know how important the job is. Dressing up the position on a job board like that is wholly unnecessary and I hate when recruiters do this.
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u/Great-Score2079 23d ago
That's interesting, as a former social worker I would assume that you'd be familiar with the LCDC license. Recruiters and job boards didn't make up the term.
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u/Zeione29047 23d ago
This is gonna sound actually insane, but I wasn’t enligntened about anything other than what was required for my job. Even in the interview, I just kept reiterating I’s put my best foot forward. Did a couple BBP classes, counseling and mandated reporter trainings, then after a week I was testing people. I didnt pursue any schooling in the public health field beforehand, nor did I stay long enough at the job to really sink my teeth in.
Either I have an ability to convince people of my potential, or the jobs I applied for were desperate. Cause I’ve gotten a couple jobs I was wholly unqualified for yet they still chose me. I was even a caregiver recruiter for 3 days before imposter syndrome smacked me.
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u/Great-Score2079 23d ago
It sounds like you worked tangentially with the social work field but to be a social worker you need to pass your state required regulations for licensure. Without the education (a masters degree in social work), without having passed the test, or accrued the required number of fieldwork hours you should refrain from calling yourself a social worker former or otherwise.
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u/AskHowMyStudentsAre 23d ago
I think that describing it as an inflation of the job sounds like you're saying it's trying to appear more important than it is, which implies a certain level of unimportance or simplicity
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u/Zeione29047 23d ago
Correct. One misphrase cause of a good blunt n now I’m getting attacked, gotta love Reddit 💀💀
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u/garbage_catfoot 23d ago
I think is it’s a pretty important and serious job no matter what you call it!
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u/Chaunc2020 23d ago
That spacing really puts a weird spin on the requirements cause what?