Comments on: Gissa job http://isadub.com/blog/2006/09/30/gissa-job/ based on a true story Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:41:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: isadub http://isadub.com/blog/2006/09/30/gissa-job/comment-page-1/#comment-209 isadub Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:42:44 +0000 http://isadub.com/blog/2006/09/30/gissa-job/#comment-209 On a serious note, it's not really fair of me to make comments about these applicants. They haven't enjoyed some or all of the benefits in life that we have. They are '<i>simply staying in employment as best [they] know at the time</i>'. With these sorts of unskilled jobs, I usually focus on their interests/hobbies because (a) they might be nervous and it gives them an opportunity to talk about something they're familar with. And (b) it gives me the chance to see if they'll 'fit in', i.e., will they howl at a full moon. The guy who got the job listed his interests as fishing and weight-lifting. I thought this was contradictory and asked him <i>nicely</i> about it. One involves sitting quietly for long periods of time and the other involves lots of huffing and puffing over a short period of time. His reply? '<i>Sometimes you could walk 5 miles to get to your fishing spot</i>'. I never knew fishing rods were that heavy! On a serious note, it’s not really fair of me to make comments about these applicants. They haven’t enjoyed some or all of the benefits in life that we have. They are ‘simply staying in employment as best [they] know at the time‘.

With these sorts of unskilled jobs, I usually focus on their interests/hobbies because (a) they might be nervous and it gives them an opportunity to talk about something they’re familar with. And (b) it gives me the chance to see if they’ll ‘fit in’, i.e., will they howl at a full moon.

The guy who got the job listed his interests as fishing and weight-lifting. I thought this was contradictory and asked him nicely about it. One involves sitting quietly for long periods of time and the other involves lots of huffing and puffing over a short period of time.

His reply? ‘Sometimes you could walk 5 miles to get to your fishing spot‘. I never knew fishing rods were that heavy!

]]> By: CyberScribe http://isadub.com/blog/2006/09/30/gissa-job/comment-page-1/#comment-205 CyberScribe Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:31:33 +0000 http://isadub.com/blog/2006/09/30/gissa-job/#comment-205 Can I come along to the interviews sounds like they'll be good fun :-) Can I come along to the interviews sounds like they’ll be good fun :-)

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