How Not to Get Hired 101

[Android Kaeli]

Looks like you DO have a say in who gets hired - or at least who DOESN"T get hired.

In a way yes but also no, because unless a customer puts down that they talked to someone in one of these departments then we can't exactly say anything. Granted this happened maybe six times since I've been in the bakery and the personal manger is a nice person, so I'm not going to waste her time in hiring someone that I can tell from just a short interaction won't work out.

I guess its something I picked up from working at Random Craft Store, 8 out of 10 times I [and a few other long-term people] called it correctly when someone wouldn't work out.

[wolfie]

Again I have to repeat to people that I nor anyone in the bakery/meat/deli departments have any say in who gets hired and where new hires are placed at. Because nothing gets us more pissed off and more willing to tell a manager to not hire someone,

Looks like you DO have a say in who gets hired - or at least who DOESN"T get hired.

[Android Kaeli]

Again I have to repeat to people that I nor anyone in the bakery/meat/deli departments have any say in who gets hired and where new hires are placed at. Because nothing gets us more pissed off and more willing to tell a manager to not hire someone, then that someone ringing one of the three bells [one for each department] and wasting our time by asking about getting hired.

Had at least three people try this last week alone.

[Kit-Ginevra]

There was the fact that he got bored waiting to speak to Uncle, and started looking at videos on his iPhone. He announced to his father (with me, a middle-aged woman standing six feet away,) "Hey look. There's a video of a woman who can make her tits dance in time to the music."

But what was the music? Hell,if it was the Flight of the Bumblebee,that's a talent worthy of demonstration!

[Pixelated]

Enrol in a college course for public relations.

The college often calls in people in the industry -- or even people not in the industry who might want to hire somebody with a PR degree -- to talk to classes.

During one such talk, fold your arms on your desk, put your head on your arms, and doze off.

Go to an interview for a job you really REALLY want ... aaaand ... guess who the interviewer is?

Yes, he had noticed her little nap, even though she wasn't anywhere near the front of the classroom. He let her know that, in no uncertain terms.

And no, she didn't get the job.

[workerbee222]

A man in his early thirties came in and spoke to the boss. A few minutes later, the boss approaches me.

The young man used to work for [local branch of specialty retailer]

Applicant mentioned he was the nephew of my other, former boss. Current Boss asks if there's any reason he shouldn't hire him.

Well, I said, there is the fact that his uncle offered to sell him his business really cheap, because he just wanted it to stay in the family, and the applicant turned the opportunity down. That would seem to indicate a lack of interest in our particular industry.

There was the fact that he got bored waiting to speak to Uncle, and started looking at videos on his iPhone. He announced to his father (with me, a middle-aged woman standing six feet away,) "Hey look. There's a video of a woman who can make her tits dance in time to the music."

And we couldn't figure out what "freelancing" a retail employee might be doing. I know what it sounds like: It sounds like "I'll work until I make enough money for the next accessory on my car, or until I get bored."

[RealUnimportant]

Obviously his intention was to demonstrate that he's too poor to afford a resume.

[NecessaryCatharsis]

Someone emailed in an application today. The entire email reads: I'm looking for a new job to do better than where I am. Name

I opened the attachment expecting to see a resume or cover letter. It's his pay stub from last week.

Wow.

[Sparklyturtle]

Back when I was a convenience store manager a couple came into the store. The wife asked for an application; the husband took me aside, and more or less told me I was going to hire his wife. You know how some people just bother you to the point where you don't want them within a mile of you? That was this guy. Since his wife barely spoke English, had never worked outside the home, and also didn't drive, I got the very distinct impression (in fact he said as much) that he would come to work with her every day. No.

[Becks]

I don't make the rules.
Hell, I've given up on enforcing them there.

[wolfie]

While the day job has very much loosened the tattooed employees policy, it hasn't extended as far as facial tattoos.

This could lead to charges of discrimination on the grounds of gender. How? Guy with facial tattoo doesn't get hired, gal with "permanent makeup" (specific form of facial tattoo) does.

[Becks]

While the day job has very much loosened the tattooed employees policy, it hasn't extended as far as facial tattoos.

[KuariKaydrith]

I'm dealing with this right now with a guy who wants a job at my site. I understand that I opened myself to being contacted by putting an ad on a local job finding page on FB, but after I have repeatedly told you to go through the provided link, that I *CANNOT* accept resumes directly and have sent you the link at least four times (not including the link that is directly in the ad) and you still try to go directly through me, well, you can kiss any chance of a job goodbye.

[smileyeagle1021]

Show up for an interview, be prepared in every single way, except when they get to the question that every candidate knows they will be asked is asked, "tell us, what do you know about the organization." Stammer because you've somehow been caught off guard and then proceed to describe a completely different organization.
Yeah, that was me

[catcul]

Be me I guess. 20 years in the Navy fixing electronics 4 years working and manager of a parts dept. I get let go in June and now still nothing.

Hang in there. I know what it's like to be unemployed for a long time.

My dad was let go when the plant he was running closed a month he was planning to retire. It meant that he would have six months of unemployment under the condition that he look for a job. He made it obvious how old he was in his resume. He still got a job offer.

If a man who intentionally tried to avoid getting a job can get a job offer, one should be coming your way, too.