Psst, want a £119,000 job? (That's US$197,000 for us Yanks) The job of "Director of Organisation Development" in Yorkshire can be yours ... if only you can decipher the want ad:
Huddersfield-based Kirklees Council's job description mangled the language with phrases like "cross functional experience" and "people effective".
The council advertised the position as "a key leadership role that will help make a complex organisation increasingly confident, energetic and focused as it delivers the outcomes that the Kirklees communities require".
It said the successful candidate would be "a leader with presence, passion and panache" who would "play a key role in ensuring the effective integration of national, regional and local drivers".
Another impenetrable passage warns that the new director will face the challenge of making sure "that the diversity of Kirklees is understood by all in the organisation; is valued as a strength but a strength that challenges us to respond to its complex implications; and is reflected in the career structures within the organisation".
I find it humorous that "people effective" is singled out. They are not asking you to be "people-effective"; Rather, they are simply asking that you support a culture that can make people effective in their jobs.
Whoever wrote and whoever greenlighted this ridiculous jargon-filled drivel should be punished for failing to communicate clearly with the taxpayers who help pay for their salaries.
Its like what school students do pad their page/word count on a writing assignment. Workplaces would be more efficient if they beat (figuratively) that habit out of whatever employees displayed it.
Glad to see that the MP's aren't the only ones wasting my hard earned taxes...