Note to Job Applicants

[NMAmy]

Right.

And personality stuff can be worked out during further interviews when they meet the coworkers (I know that not all jobs do this, but hubby's job interviews always go to 3 interviews as he meets more and more people), to see if the coworkers/manager thing the applicant is a good fit.

To me, it's not appropriate to vet people after digging in your heels because they grate on your nerves...

This is a minimum wage, part-time position. They're not getting three interviews. They have to work with me. They have to be a good fit with me. Many supervisors hire their own employees--I'm not unique in this Why would an applicant want to rub their possible future supervisor the wrong way before the job posting is even completed?

 

[disykat]

IMO, calling demanding to schedule an interview is obnoxious, not just an irritant. There's a difference. An irritant is having a funny sounding voice, or clearing their throat a lot. Demanding an interview is obnoxious behavior that immediately tells you they are not good at following rules - not something you want to hire for most positions.

An interview is something you inquire about or request - NEVER demand!

 

[pixiefairy]

I work in retail, and we are always excepting applications since retail can have a very high turnover. Usually, by the end of the interview, you are informed if you are being offered a position. We do have people call to check on the status of their application, but as our store manager does the hiring, and has to look through so many apps on a daily basis, we don't get back to them immediately. The ones who have gotten an immediate interview date usually are those that come in dressed nicely, well groomed and very polite.

We have been having one woman who interviewed for a job in management call us frequently requesting that one of my corporate managers call her back since she was the one who interviewed her. I've told her repeatedly that if they were going to extend her an offer, they would have by now. She is not nice about it, and is in fact very rude and forceful. It's not a good quality for a retail manager where you are face to face with customers all day, and I think that came through in her interview. I respect those who call to inquire, I've done it myself with a good outcome. But to be rude and pushy....there is no real excuse to do that to a prospective employer.

 

[bicker]

I just posted a reply to another thread, that is is somewhat relevant to this thread:

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=37326477&postcount=35

 

[kaytieeldr]

I'm not an HR person. Where I work, part-time positions are filled directly by the supervisor for that position. Full-time positions are filled by a committee that is made up of people in different kinds of positions.

I'm busy doing other stuff--I don't really have the time or the inclination to coach job applicants.

Oh. Okay. Sorry to have bothered you

 

[bballmom56]

As a former HR person, it probably depends on the job the person will be doing, who they will work for and the type of environment. It would also depend on the tone the applicant used on the phone with me.

If I was hiring them to work in my office, there is no way that I would hire someone who came off pushy or cocky in the initial contact. That kind of personality would not go over well in that office for many reasons.

Now if it was for an office where you needed a very strong, assertive personality (and I can think of a couple of offices where that could be a plus), that supervisor might choose to interview them (having been notified of their aggressiveness in the application process).