Indians studying in Ireland. Why are so many utterly unqualified?
I’m Irish. I’ve worked with many Indian colleagues since 2006, in financial services IT.
Until recently, I respected the experience and quality of Indian colleagues. But in recent years, the candidates have just been terrible.
People with zero experience applying for senior jobs. People applying for junior jobs with extremely poor English. People getting a so-called degree from a training company, with the word ‘college’ in it’s name. CVs so AI written that it’s laughable. People who don’t have a clue about the basics - and I mean day 1 stuff - about coding or testing. People who think they can get a “high paying part time job” whilst studying in Ireland. Then we get to students who have clearly done absolutely zero research on the cost of living in Ireland, and post stuff looking for a place to rent at half of the market rates.
I completely understand that Irish universities love international students, because they can charge higher fees. But what is with people doing zero research, thinking they’re going to get a top job, having no experience and crap English?
My Indian colleagues and friends of old are not like this. The recent quality of candidates for jobs has become so abysmal that an ‘Indian sounding’ name + a private college in Ireland = CV in the bin.
My_qualifications = I’ve always respected my Indian colleagues in the past, but recent candidates are of a terrible standard. This is not helping the perception of my older Indian colleagues and friends