Shop Talk
Tip for those looking for jobs:
2. Try smiling. Seriously.
3. Avoid food stains on your clothes and try not to smell like an ashtray. Seriously, I smoke and I can smell that crap from a mile away.
4. DON'T SPEAK IN EBONICS TO ME. You sound like a retard, seriously, you sound like a completely retarded person. I don't care, you are NOT getting the job.
5. Stop complaining about your old job. It's probably your fault you got fired, tell me you are looking for a better opportunity, something, ANYTHING but "I hate that place, I want to work somewhere else." It makes you look incompetent.
6. Are you really going to spend half of the interview asking about vac...
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Plus, there are hundreds of ppl that take the bus to and from work and do it very effectively for years. I see them everyday at the bus stop....
Maybe that person is looking to get a job so they can buy a car? Who knows...
try again..
1.) One minute late to the interview and you might as well not even show up. I will not hire you and i probably wont even interview you.
2.) Basic math skills. If you can't tell me what 10% of 100 is, you're not hired.
3.) Refusal to shake hands. If you wont shake a hand, you won't work for me.
4.) Personal instability. If you tell me a sob story about how you have 3 kids and are struggling about getting child support from deadbeat daddy/mommy while juggling the problems of an alcoholic relative all while trying not to get evicted, you will not be hired. I feel sorry for people that have to go through life like this, i really do. But i will not waste my time trying to keep covering...
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Especially since you have to work in other locations when you are needed. No car = no job.
...then again, I suspect most are too lazy to bike to work for something as "simple" as a job.
justfinethanku said:
1. Don't walk into my store with a wrinkled shirt. I won't even interview you or take you seriously.
Or wearing a T-shirt to a formal site, etc. (inappropriate is worse that wrinkled IMO)
2. State "Because I have more life experience that most people I should be paid (insert multiplier greater that 2) times entry level" when you have NO WORK EXPERIENCE.
3. Tell the employer that you will not do specific tasks (especially when you've already been told it's part of the job) without additional pay for the aggravation.
4. Job hopping (less than 2 years at any job for a long period of time)
I'll call BS on that one! lol
"May I see your DD214?"
"It's in the mail, I can bring it in as soon as you hire me"
How about no, your probably a deserter or never were in.
Had 3 people in the last 6 months say this at my site that I know of. All my management ask me to look over the documents to check "authenticity". More like their too lazy to look it up themselves.
Seriously, it's surprising how many people break that rule...