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It's been about eight years since I've personally conducted a job interview. And at that former place of employment I frequently interviewed young people in the 18 to 25 age range. I do remember that basic questions like, "Why are you interested in working for us?" seemed to stupify some of them but I don't recall any issues with etiquette.

So I am shocked that college graduates would be so careless as to answer their cell phones or return text messages during a job interview. Do they really not know any better than that? Would common sense not tell them it is rude?

To any of you high school or college grads looking for that first real job, some advice:

You can be trained to do almost anything. Potential employers are not expecting you to know how to dock a spaceship with the space station or how to split the atom, right out of school. The major challenge for employers is finding people with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn.

Dress appropriately for the interview - maybe a step up from the dress code of the business. Arrive a few minutes early. Smile and make eye contact with the interviewer. (And be nice to the administrative assistant; she/he has influence). Since you don't yet have job experience, play up what you do have. For example, if you were voted "Friendliest" by your senior class that would tell me that your peers found you to be an outgoing and engaging person - again, great qualities that employers look for.

It's a tough job market out there so get a leg up on the competition. This is basic stuff.
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Apparently some people, and not just in the younger age group, are so tethered to their phones that they don't thing anything of taking a call or texting anywhere. I'm sure some people text at church. People don't have enough couth to refrain from talking on the phone while in line at Subway or wherever. It's pretty sad that businesses have to put up signs saying stay off your phone. It's like the world will end if they miss a call or a text. If I was hiring someone and they wanted to behave that way, I would tell them they could have the job if they would agree to be on call 24/7 for me to call or text them (without extra pay of course).
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Originally posted by lawguy07:
Apparently some people, and not just in the younger age group, are so tethered to their phones that they don't thing anything of taking a call or texting anywhere. I'm sure some people text at church. People don't have enough couth to refrain from talking on the phone while in line at Subway or wherever. It's pretty sad that businesses have to put up signs saying stay off your phone. It's like the world will end if they miss a call or a text. If I was hiring someone and they wanted to behave that way, I would tell them they could have the job if they would agree to be on call 24/7 for me to call or text them (without extra pay of course).


I know what you mean. One of my pet peeves is rude people/behavior. You'd think some things would just be obvious to people but they are not. For example, some people don't get that talking on the cell phone at the table in a restaurant is rude. Step out and talk, people.

Another example of something I can't stand: I was eating at Ruth's Chris about a month ago and this guy comes in wearing denim shorts! Look, Ruth's Chris is not Spago Beverly Hills but if you are going to have dinner at a place like that the attire is casual elegant not farm hand. I mean dress up and look the part. Geez!
I applied for a job driving a garbage truck for the county, where looking like a farmhand is a plus. I have twenty five years experience driving Class B commercial vehicles and 6 years experience driving a garbage truck. I have a clean criminal history and an immaculate MVR.

Some local goober that had his shoes on the wrong feet wearin' a "Jesus Saves" sweatshirt got the job.

Go figure.
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Originally posted by Road Puppy:
I applied for a job driving a garbage truck for the county, where looking like a farmhand is a plus. I have twenty five years experience driving Class B commercial vehicles and 6 years experience driving a garbage truck. I have a clean criminal history and an immaculate MVR.

Some local goober that had his shoes on the wrong feet wearin' a "Jesus Saves" sweatshirt got the job.

Go figure.


Road Puppy,

You are quite possibly my new favorite poster. You're funny. Big Grin
I worked for a company once where in an interview a job applicant cleaned out her purse during the entire interview putting her "garbage" on the desk. At the end of the interview she asked the interviewer to please put her garbage in the garbage can. There was a big "DO NOT HIRE" written in red across her application. Do people have no common sense anymore?
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Originally posted by paw-paw:
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Originally posted by semiannualchick:
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Originally posted by Road Puppy:
Some local goober that had his shoes on the wrong feet wearin' a "Jesus Saves" sweatshirt got the job.

Go figure.


Goober probably had a helping hand somewhere pulling some strings.


Can you say "kinfolks"?


Yep. Butcha KNEW I could! Big Grin
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Originally posted by b50m:
LOL.

Did she have her knockers at her knees?

You should have said "only on Fridays when the men are required to wear pants".


Even if it had occurred to me to do so, I would have been afraid to look. I couldn't get the braless picture out of my head for the rest of the interview...which didn't last much longer.

I did begin to wonder if I was being punked or her interview was just a goof (on her part) to begin with - part of sorority hazing or something. Smiler

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