{"id":29137,"date":"2018-12-27T11:48:36","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T09:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=29137"},"modified":"2018-12-27T11:48:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T09:48:44","slug":"you-only-need-50-of-job-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/27\/you-only-need-50-of-job-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"You Only Need 50% of Job \u201cRequirements\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" data-attachment-id=\"29138\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/12\/27\/you-only-need-50-of-job-requirements\/requirements\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/requirements.png?fit=1168%2C778&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1168,778\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"requirements\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/requirements.png?fit=660%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/requirements-1024x682.png?resize=660%2C440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/requirements.png?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/requirements.png?resize=500%2C333&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/requirements.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/requirements.png?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/talent.works\/blog\/2018\/11\/27\/the-science-of-the-job-search-part-vii-you-only-need-50-of-job-requirements\/\">The Science of the Job Search, Part VII: You Only Need 50% of Job \u201cRequirements\u201d<\/a> &#8211; is a nice article in the series, with a few interesting numbers.  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