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Originally Posted by 911SauCy
Not to thread-jack, but how is someone with a Masters (or obtaining one), exhibiting drive with fastidious follow-up and willing to work for free not a fit!? If you took the interview, she couldn't have been that far off, right?
IMHO, it's a bad decision hiring on box checking requirements instead of character. Heck, it's also laughable that this person is listening to advice like "continue education and gather skills" when she's being turned down for free labor at a Master's level. Sounds like if she didn't go to school in the first place she'd be better off. (And don't give me that garbage "people with a college degree typically make $1-2M more in their lifetime than those without. It's a skewed data sales pitch)
I know because I've been hired both ways and I reached much greater heights when I was presented with a challenge that needed to be achieved with innate abilities rather than "you meet the requirements".
Currently, approximately 20-30% of employers will consider this character approach and it's proven to yield much higher productivity and employee happiness.
My response plays directly into "misunderstood user" LOL
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You really want the details on this? She is an immigrant with a BS degree from her country who is in the USA working on her Masters in Industrial Engineering. Her experience is working as a technician for a coffee factory in QA sorting out beans. She also worked for a canning company in QA sorting out legumes. I saw her resume after I agreed to an interview. There wasn't a fit in anything she did. It was a failure on my HR department. I could have blown her off during the interview but didn't. I spent an hour with her including a tour of my 70,000 sq ft manufacturing facility.
What do I do? I work in manufacturing for a Tier1 company supplying automotive parts. I have one opportunity to hire one intern for a manufacturing engineer or IE position. I'm looking for an 'A' candidate that can help me. My vote was no. Hope that answers your concern.