Comments on: People are Not Recipes

By: sj

sj — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 23:37:01 +0000

MANY bosses miss the point when it comes to hiring the right person. This is even more evidenced by the fact that many bosses, like the one at the Richmond Airport in Virginia — whom is illiterate (I’m not making this up, he actually takes his paperwork home to have his wife read it for him) simply either can’t do the job themselves or don’t to be bothered with someone they might have a personality problem with.
More often than not they want the A-Type and even more often they want a woman for the position. I have no problem with a woman on the job, but 100 percent of secretaries out there are women…
The ironic thing is that many often miss the skills and experience a person has entirely — they’re too busy looking for a personality match. They simply won’t take the time to READ a resume…I’ve found this is true in about 100 percent of my technical college students…
Personality does matter. If you’re a B-type, you simply won’t get a job in Glen Allen or Richmond Virginia.

By: sj

sj — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 22:55:52 +0000

In Virginia, especially in Glen Allen and Richmond, “recruiters” aren’t really real recruiters…
I found this out the hard way when I was literally told by one of them that “we are a contractor for Phillip Morris. We work by contract to hire people for them.” — I guess this means, PM doesn’t have to pay insurance, health benefits, taxes, time off, bonuses, overtime, and whatever else they deem unsavory.
What this means is that a recruiter is only recruiting for that company and maybe two or three others — per company contract — right ? And it probaby means they won’t ANYONE locally…Atleast, this was the case with the provost at ECPI technical college in Richmond, who hails from none other than — California…
As far as I can see, only people who related to other people, who already work there, can get work in Glen Allen. It’s a very prissy, classy establishment — apparently, those from hickville are not welcome. Interestingly enough, Verizon’s Super Pages training recruiters were out of NEW YORK — both of them !!! The flip side is a plethora of New York and New Jersey license plates (and hence the gangs) in our local area…
Bottom line — They’re not hiring locals here.
sj

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 13:12:23 +0000

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By: David Locke

David Locke — Sat, 25 Jun 2005 04:00:09 +0000

Job descriptions identify specific companies a long time before the company name gets mentioned. The longer the company is around; the longer the job description gets.
Overspecified job descriptions originate in a risk management mindset, or in the EEO process.
You try to keep the bad employee out. But, that becomes a self fulfilling prophesy. When you avoid the negative, you actually attract it, and with all your perceptual filters you make good into bad. That’s the problem with risk managment.
As far as the EEO issue goes, you have the perfect candidate inhouse and you are going to promote them. But first, you have to post a classified ad, you have to screen, and you have to interview. There is no position. It’s a matter of just be compliant to the regulations.
Candidates might as well know that the jobs are not real. Either have one made for you, or realize it’s going to be awhile.

By: laurence haughton

laurence haughton — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 01:36:08 +0000

In fact many businesses are discovering (through the school of hard knocks) that they need to hire attitudes over experience.
I guest posted at http://www.recruiting.com about one case that’s on point.

By: Zorkerman

Zorkerman — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:43:17 +0000

I think a recipie isn’t a bad metaphore for a job, but one must consider it not a baking recipie. A baking recipie has man important chemical requirements that need to be in exactly the correct proportions so that the ‘bread rises’. However, a job should be like a stir fry. Sure it’s got chicken and broccoli, but everything else is ‘to taste’.