Looking for a job? *rant*

[VaSteve]

....Please ensure if you apply there is someone coherent at home to answer the phone.

I have a pile of resumes on my desk for a job. People put in hours of their time filling out the application, submitting the resumes, etc. Now I have to call them and see if they can fog a mirror to determine if I want to grant a real interview.

I have called a couple so far. If *I* was looking for a job and had resumes out on the street, I would make DAMM sure that someone could take a message and have the person call me back. I talked to a couple of folks' kids or girlfriends or roommates or something and had to leave a message. I work in a place with a weird name so it might sound a little odd, but write it down so they can call back.

My boss (who's much nicer a person than I am) told me to call one of them again....she said that she called the guy who's job we're filling a number of times before they could connect. He was great...enthusiastic, interested in his job, etc. Army sent him back to Iraq for a year. Grrrr..

Rant over.

Good luck to you all presently searching.

[Aurel]

Apparently, people who use cell phones in their cars while driving don`t use for answering job interviews. I would have thought that in this day and age of digital highways, it would be easy to get in touch instantly with anyone. My wrong.

[JeremyD]

and get rid of the demonseed@aol.com or spankmehard@gmail.com email addresses

[Dueller]

And the ringtones on your cell phones that blast the caller with crappy music...

[aigel]

A lot of companies only had relatively small lay offs cutting some fat across the board. Looks like you are running across some such folks. We are coming out of a booming economy, where everyone who could turn on a computer had a nice job and could find a new one quickly. People have not realized that times have changed ...

Everyone I know who is looking for a job has a personal cell phone with voice mail.

George

[Schumi]

This reminds me to redo/check my voicemail message again.

I always like to have a simple, professional voice mail message, something along the lines of:

Hi, you've reached Mike .. I'm unavailable right now.. leave a message and I'll get back etc..

But once at a party some friends got my phone and changed my voicemail message to something more like:

Hi, this is Mike, and I'm a homosexual.

Well.. I never knew this and let it go for several months. Most people who called and got it were friends and thought it was just me joking. But who knows who else called that I didn't pick up on...

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Schumi

Hi, this is Mike, and I'm a homosexual.

...who else called that I didn't pick up...

I edited it for ya...not that there's anything wrong with that

[Rick Lee]

Steve, you have my number. Gimme a call.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Just hire me and be done with the lunacy of it all. Sheesh, how hard was that?

[Palum6o]

A buddy of mine is a recruiter and he said once he had interviewed a candidate for a new opening over the phone, everything in the interview went well - the guy sounded like a real professional. Just as they were finishing their conversation, he heard a toilet flush in the background. Classic.

[Rikao4]

1.. more for that music while we connect..
I really hate RAP..so if this is you..
I have hung up..
next...

Rika

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by Palumbo

A buddy of mine is a recruiter and he said once he had interviewed a candidate for a new opening over the phone, everything in the interview went well - the guy sounded like a real professional. Just as they were finishing their conversation, he heard a toilet flush in the background. Classic.

When the phone rings at 5h00, do you want this guy to answer it from the crapper, or would you prefer Billary?

[Superman]

The range of effectiveness of workers is ....... W-I-D-E. Think about it. If a worker simply DOES WHAT THEY SAY THEY WILL DO, that places them in the top 20-30%. If that worker additionally TELLS COMPLETE TRUTHS, that worker is a superstar.

[svandamme]

but try finding a manager that likes the complete truth...some just prefer to be lied to if it matches their own lala land stories

[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Steve, you have my number. Gimme a call.

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Just hire me and be done with the lunacy of it all. Sheesh, how hard was that?

If it was only that easy. Long story, pm if you wish. It's an accounting job anyhow...

Anyway I got back with one of them. Good. She sounds promising. We finally chatted over cell phone. I hate talking to people I don't know over the cell phone. I have a terrible time hearing them and factoring in for accents and whatnot. Grrr.

One other guy had two numbers. One was I guess his home, just an automated voice that answered. I left a message. One was listed as work. I called he work number as well. They had no idea who the guy was. Worse yet, I asked the guy did I call "xxx.xxx.xxxx" and he said "I have no idea what you called..." I miss having someone screen these for me. ***k.

[jwasbury]

Originally Posted by JeremyD

and get rid of the demonseed@aol.com or spankmehard@gmail.com email addresses

Ha ha! So true. My favorites were domesticlatindiva@email.com and 2hot2handle@aol.com

No joke...

[K9Torro]

I am a recruiter for my agency and I have to tell you that I stand or sit , in amazement at the applicants that I get, you have hit the nail squarely.

The people who are never available at the numbers they list, the crappy music on the cell phones as you wait for the crappy person to answer, the email names from some other planet, or better yet the ones that do show up for the interview in wife beater shirt and baggy shorts and flip flops, or that show up in a shirt that was ironed with a rock, and what is with the little goat-tee or just the not shaved look for several days, I mean give me a break, I had a 19 year old bring his mom to an interview, all these are for govt jobs where you carry a gun for a living...........

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