Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2531271)

Off main topic but on sub topic I have 5 people coming in for interviews today and the very first was for 10:00. It is now 10:09 and no sign of them. Not a great start.

Originally Posted by Cmorris8848 (Post 2531272)

So this is what interviewers do while making interviewees wait...

Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2531282)

I am waiting on them not the other way around, although at this point even if they show up I will just send them on their way. I will never make anybody wait! If I want to hire you I want you impressed with us as much as you want us to be impressed with you. If anybody made me wait more that 5 minutes for a scheduled interview I would get up, politely thank whoever was around for the opportunity and leave. If they really want to talk to me they can call me back and schedule a time when they will actually show up for the appointment.

Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2531271)

Off main topic but on sub topic I have 5 people coming in for interviews today and the very first was for 10:00. It is now 10:09 and no sign of them. Not a great start.

Originally Posted by Braces (Post 2531353)

Tcoat,

Just give me 10 more minutes. I got stuck in traffic. :D

Originally Posted by RichardsFRS (Post 2531125)

Um k
Wasn't even talking about you.
Talking about someone who has boats, credit card debt, home, and a cottage and goes to Vegas every year and hopes to have it paid off by retirement. I know that's a dangerous mentality, because I had the same mentality then I got wiser because of it. My focus is on a bigger picture:)

Okay going back are re-reading, it was you.

Maybe you didn't have the economy bomb drop on you like we did in the in the US but I saw a lot of people, even rich people lose everything, cabins, beach homes cars, houses, everything and wind up on the street. You couldn't find a job fast enough to pay off the debt you had if you carried debt. And thats the going south im talking about. You can't find a job if there are no jobs


If you can pay it off by retirement, all power to you ,but on the average when folks pack that much debt, they keep it till they die

Originally Posted by fumanchu1 (Post 2531453)

The guy with the boat and cottage and 2 cars and vegas trips IS TCOAT so yes you were talking about him rofl

Originally Posted by RichardsFRS (Post 2531142)

I re-read it and yes but do you see where I said most cases and its the truth in most cases. In most cases, people can not handle that kind of debt if they suffer a long term job loss and had to run thru their savings to pay mortgage and necessities

Saw it with myself and saw it with many many more. The US was crippled when the economy crashed. Everyone was affected even the rich.

Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2531458)

We resolved that issue (I believe)

Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2531271)

Off main topic but on sub topic I have 5 people coming in for interviews today and the very first was for 10:00. It is now 10:09 and no sign of them. Not a great start.

Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2531176)

Being the end of the Baby Boomer generation I was lucky in that college was not as important as it is now. You could still "work your way up" much easier than now. When we are recruiting we look at education very closely. We do not however care in the least if it is relevant to the position (in most cases that do not involve engineering). What we are looking for is if it was completed, the grades received and any extras applied to that diploma (Dean's list, Honours, etc) since these things can all reflect a person's work ethic and learning ability. We can train you in the subject matter if you have the ability to learn but can not use you if you are not willing or able to do the work required to learn what we need. (Does that make sense to anybody but me?)

Originally Posted by fumanchu1 (Post 2531503)

I have an honours bachelors degree in political science and a diploma in social work that good enough for you? I'm looking for something new that pays as well or better than what I'm doing right now. hehehe (half serious though)

Originally Posted by Sarlacc (Post 2531501)

I've never hired anyone who didn't show up on time for the interview.
The last one said "sorry I'm late, but this place is very hard to find."
So I told him "We're a consulting firm. We have meetings all over the city with clients in locations that are a lot harder to find than this tall office building with our logo clearly visible from far away on either side.
So what we do if we're going somewhere we haven't been before is very simple. We're early.
Then we wait outside or in the lobby, review our presentation or whatever; and step through the client's door at exactly 2 minutes before the scheduled time.
Oh, and this interview is over. Good luck and goodbye."