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If I were offering someone a job and they responded with a "yeah, whatever" attitude that you exhibited, I would probably be a bit snide as well. And the job would go to someone who wanted it, instead of someone who didn't really care.
I disagree. They probably had an internal candidate picked for the job already and just had to post it and do some interviews to "go through the motions."
It sounds like they were playing her from the very beginning and were not serious at all.
If I were offering someone a job and they responded with a "yeah, whatever" attitude that you exhibited, I would probably be a bit snide as well. And the job would go to someone who wanted it, instead of someone who didn't really care.
Hmmm....
<Sigh>...I never had a "Yeah, whatever" attitude...I kept cool and just didn't exhibit any desperation. How could anyone really care about the job, or know if they wanted it, when the interviewer was so focused on money from the beginning, and talked like that in a pompous way?
This was a first time interview, and he wasn't "offering me a job."
The purpose of an interview is to see if both sides can meet each others' needs.
I disagree. They probably had an internal candidate picked for the job already and just had to post it and do some interviews to "go through the motions."
It sounds like they were playing her from the very beginning and were not serious at all.
Or he was trying to see how cheap he could get someone. He wasn't offering me the job, and said he was interviewing "lots of candidates."
So I wondered how money was the first topic of choice, rather than my credentials or experience. He wasn't offering me a job, so why was he talking money...unless that is his dealmaker.
I misunderstood your attitude then, from this quote:
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I looked at him and said, "Well, I have a part time job I can live off of...and was looking for something supplemental. If you offered me a full time job that was a better situation, of course I would go with it."
He had probably seen your resume, and knew your credentials. Perhaps he was looking for someone he could afford, or was looking for attitudes.
What goes around, comes around. In a few years, as baby boomers start retiring en masse, employers are going to be prostituting themselves for qualified, educated, skilled, ENGLISH-speaking workers. If you have a work ethic and history, if you can spell and add, you'll already be ahead of half the boneheaded mouthbreathers out there. If you've got even more, you'll be in better shape and you'll be able to call some of the shots. Give it time. It's coming.
What goes around, comes around. In a few years, as baby boomers start retiring en masse, employers are going to be prostituting themselves for qualified, educated, skilled, ENGLISH-speaking workers. If you have a work ethic and history, if you can spell and add, you'll already be ahead of half the boneheaded mouthbreathers out there. If you've got even more, you'll be in better shape and you'll be able to call some of the shots. Give it time. It's coming.
Oh, wouldn't that be nice. But you are right of course. These things are a cycle. It switches from a company's market to an employees market and back again every few years.
I misunderstood your attitude then, from this quote:
He had probably seen your resume, and knew your credentials. Perhaps he was looking for someone he could afford, or was looking for attitudes.
Try again...he was looking to get the best person for the least amount of money. Guys like this aren't complicated. They just want to be as cheap as possible.
What goes around, comes around. In a few years, as baby boomers start retiring en masse, employers are going to be prostituting themselves for qualified, educated, skilled, ENGLISH-speaking workers. If you have a work ethic and history, if you can spell and add, you'll already be ahead of half the boneheaded mouthbreathers out there. If you've got even more, you'll be in better shape and you'll be able to call some of the shots. Give it time. It's coming.
So what do we do in the mean time? I won't ever be able to retire...
I am a baby boomer.
And the jobs aren't coming back here. This is the first time I have seen this, where there was a recession, and the companies have gone overseas and the jobs are gone. This is different from a "bad economy". Those jobs are NOT coming back.
Try again...he was looking to get the best person for the least amount of money.
So, when you go to the grocery store, do you try to get the worst food for the most amount of money?
I would be disappointed in any employer who wasn't looking for the best person for the least amount of money, and he probably already knew from your resume if he was interested in you or not.
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Originally Posted by twixcookie
Those jobs are NOT coming back.
Once the national right-to-work legislation is passed, many of those companies will come back. Especially now that the dollar is down. The dollar being down helps our manufacturing base greatly.
What goes around, comes around. In a few years, as baby boomers start retiring en masse, employers are going to be prostituting themselves for qualified, educated, skilled, ENGLISH-speaking workers. If you have a work ethic and history, if you can spell and add, you'll already be ahead of half the boneheaded mouthbreathers out there. If you've got even more, you'll be in better shape and you'll be able to call some of the shots. Give it time. It's coming.
I can't WAIT to see this. I feel like I have been waiting forever..I am just shy of the last crop of babyboomers by a few years.
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