Kevin:
After actually hiring a lot of people, and firing those that needed it,
I've come to the conclusion that all employers need a person with the
following three attributes:
1) An ability, and willingness, to be on-time,
2) An ability, and willingness, to be presentable in all business
situations, and
3) An ability, and willingness, to learn what they don't know (which is
always a lot!).
The people coming out of college these days are mostly unemployable.
Today's bachelors degree is like a 1930 8th grade education, or a 1970
high school education. So, no matter what any Human Services dweeb
says, getting someone to show up looking presentable and willing to work
whatever it takes to learn what they don't know is gold! These kinds of
people are quite trainable and, considering all software frameworks have
a short shelf life anyway, offer a lot of flexibility for your purposes.
Just a thought. :-)
Bill
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Unfortunately, in one case I hired a friend. Needless to say, it was one
of the worst decisions I've made. Not only lost a friend, but lost a lot
of customer confidence by her attitude, poor workmanship, and unwillingness
to adapt.
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 7:01 AM, Robert Frailey <[email protected]>wrote:
Wow, seen a lot of that and managers trying to get friends hired to create
a perfect office society.
quit hiring backstabbing chaff
with their own agendas.
Robert
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin King" <[email protected]>
To: "Susan Joslyn" <[email protected]>; "U2 Users List" <
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Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [U2] [OT] Interview Questions
Susan, yes. I've been very open in my interviews, and it's netted
significantly regrettable results. So this time I'm going for people who
can get behind and contribute to the common cause as soon after hire as
possible. I don't have any aspirations of hiring for life, though I
certainly do endeavor to have that kind of an environment for a person who
wants that sort of thing. I just need to quit hiring backstabbing chaff
with their own agendas.
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Susan Joslyn <[email protected]> wrote:
Kevin,
Not that I have any real experience - at least not for what seems like a
lifetime - with hiring. But my instinct might be to let the applicant
tell
me whatever they want. You know, just an open ended "Tell me what you
would
like me to know about your skills, your ambitions and your work ethic."
Probably that's an approach you've already tried.
Susan
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Interviewer: What is one of your weak points?
Applicant: My honesty.
Interviewer: I would have thought that was a strong point.
Applicant: I don't give a %^&* what you think you stupid ^&^%$
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