The Mafia?
In a way, they are remarkably similar in many respects! .
The Mafia?
I'm fortunate to be able to do a lot of hiring as well, and I am seeing shorter tenures at previous jobs. I don't consider this to be a disqualification, as many industries are rife with job hoppers, for lack of a better term. This reflects the continuing trend of workers functioning more and more as freelancers with specialized skills who seek out jobs and are sought out by firms seeking to leverage those skills. I see it increasingly in software, high tech, biotech, consulting services, finance and investments, law firms (especially intellectual property) and among the entrepreneurial community. If I see someone with a lot of jobs on her resume and her qualifications fit the bill, I will still interview her, but address the job hopping in the interview. My most recent hire was a job hopper, but after talking to him about it, I hired him anyway, and it has turned out to be one of my best decisions. The days of spending 30 years with one company are over, by and large.
As a guy who has hired literally hundreds of people over the years...
If a person is new to the workforce and is not willing to start at the bottom, I'm not interested.
If a person is new to the workforce and is not willing to start with a low salary, I'm not interested.
If a person is new to the workforce and is not willing to start with long hours, I'm not interested.
If a person believes they have a sense of entitlement, I'm not interested.
If a person believes that education trumps experience, I'm not interested.
A 'year off to relax', makes me not interested.
Refusal to give 'the entire two weeks notice', really pisses me off.
Please, I really don't want to sound like a jerk, but what makes you any more deserving than any other person who is willing to do any of the things you aren't? Most positions available have stacks of resumes of people who 'are willing to do what it takes' to get in, especially with the state of the economy as it is.
I manage a factory where we pay about $3 higher than minimum wage. Recently we posted an advertisement on a job bank to increase our staff on the afternoon shift, and in 48 hours I had over 400 resumes, about 50% of which were from university educated professionals... Engineers, accountants, investment bankers, chemists, even someone with a doctorate in mathematics. This is the economy we live in.
Again, don't mean to be mean. Just sayin'.
I'm fortunate to be able to do a lot of hiring as well, and I am seeing shorter tenures at previous jobs. I don't consider this to be a disqualification, as many industries are rife with job hoppers, for lack of a better term. This reflects the continuing trend of workers functioning more and more as freelancers with specialized skills who seek out jobs and are sought out by firms seeking to leverage those skills. I see it increasingly in software, high tech, biotech, consulting services, finance and investments, law firms (especially intellectual property) and among the entrepreneurial community. If I see someone with a lot of jobs on her resume and her qualifications fit the bill, I will still interview her, but address the job hopping in the interview. My most recent hire was a job hopper, but after talking to him about it, I hired him anyway, and it has turned out to be one of my best decisions. The days of spending 30 years with one company are over, by and large.
Nah. Bigger.
The Chinese government? If so, could you please pick up some food for me the next time you are over there?
Yes - just remember this hiring managers.I agree especially given what the economy has gone through in the last 8 - 10 years. People have had to take jobs to put food on the table. Many jobs have been of a short term nature as companies flip flop and re-organize. Again this is explainable in an interview.
That's the first Reginald Perrin reference I've seen here!
You've opened a whole new can of pots, calling the kettle by another name.I didn't get where I am today by going around and making Reginald Perrin references.
Super.