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Amy Ala's Blog – April 2012 Archive (2)
The Angry Young Job Seeker
“Give me a job, give me security… give me a chance to survive…”
I don’t normally let candidates get to me. I’ve recruited in good times and bad, been screamed at, threatened, called names, and Lord knows what else by candidates who don’t handle rejection well. It’s rare, but it happens. I typically respond with a shrug and go on about my business. My experience with frustrated job seekers is, sadly, pretty broad (maybe it’s me?). Even still, this latest meltdown was…
ContinueAdded by Amy Ala on April 30, 2012 at 3:14pm — 43 Comments
Employee Referrals Gone Wild
This blog had to be posted today. See, today is the first Monday of the month – also known as “New Hire Orientation” day at my company. I had 4 new hires in today’s class, including an amazing employee referral. This candidate had applied to a handful of jobs, but I had not given much consideration to him until one of our employees brought up his name. This employee is one of our rock stars (forgive the overused term) so I thought I should take a 2nd look. I’m glad I did. After a…
ContinueAdded by Amy Ala on April 2, 2012 at 7:31pm — 16 Comments
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