Really, why won’t someone put me out of my misery?
Here’s how not to start your morning — interviewing potential admin assistants back to back.
Interviewee #1: Here’s a tip: Every now and again breathe and let the interviewers speak. Couldn’t get a word in edgewise, leading me to wonder about your qualities and frankly your sanity. God, please grant me the serenity, yada yada yada, and a couple of earplugs with maybe a little heroin to not give a shit.
Interviewee #2: Great cape. In fact, the whole look, fabulous, really, you may be one of the best dressed and coiffed people out there today in this snowstorm. Even your necessary, practical boots went with the ensemble. So, truly, I am puzzled, after working in various senior management positions and being a community leader, you’re looking forward to really digging in and getting an executive support position. Come on, be a buddy, tell me the truth, “interested,” “looking forward,” happy and excited? Really? It’s not just a down economy thing, you really do want to get in touch with doing the things that are down here nearer the bottom of the food chain? I was waiting on you to say, you want to remember how the common folk live.
Because you are not in misery but a great life to look forward to.
As for the interviewees, I guess they are doing what they are doing base on the economy. Once it is back, they will flee like bat out of hell. I know, I rather hire sales people since they are more honest; they want to make money.
Speaking about job interviews, check this story out. The newest trend in resume writing is to lie. We’re not talking about a slight exaggeration here and there. We’re talking outright lies told very convincingly, especially about academic degrees that were never earned.
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/careers/package.jsp?name=fte/resumelie/resumelie
If you are smart enough to hack in to University to add your name in its database, you have the talent to get a job or go and finish that degree. After all gettting a degree is not much of a deal today, anyway.
As for background check, I am all for it. Shit, if someone I am dating decides to check my background, I say go for it. I do understand.
Don’t worry, so far my investigator hasn’t been able to find anything. But, when you leave the house, dress nicely, he likes to take surveillance photos.