Comments on: IYFQ’s: Why you can’t get hired or hire good people http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people The insider's edge on job search & hiring™ | Copyright © 2011 North Bridge Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:13:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Justin http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people/comment-page-1#comment-9340 Justin Fri, 08 May 2009 19:19:42 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people#comment-9340 In Your Face Questions - Here's a good one. One guy who struggles through school his whole early life. He understands the material but he has poor social skills and doesn't test well. He's never done well taking tests and exams. Now apply this to the working world. I don't interview well and my ability to communicate is often a jumbled puzzle at best. Do I deserve to remain unemployed because of this? Do I deserved to remain alone for the rest of my life because of this? The Question I'm getting at is this. Giant corporate retailers seem to demand absolute flawless perfection and the attitude is anything less is absolutely completely unacceptable. To show I'm human is wrong and I get shown the door. This can't go on. Giant retailers like Home Depot and Walmart aren't listening to reason. They're not going to get good workers by laying too much weight on the hiring process. Finding the best work or workers often requiring take a leap of faith. If someone isn't interviewing well, then chances are their strength will show in working performance. And if corporate elite won't allow that anymore, they all they'll get are the lazy, unmotivated, cheating slackers there are now whose ignorance will enventually put the consumer world out of business. This is what they don't see and don't care about. And it probably is never going to change until it's too late. Someone needs to stand up to these ivory tower elltists and make them see what they're doing wrong, because their mindset is not in reality. In Your Face Questions – Here’s a good one. One guy who struggles through school his whole early life. He understands the material but he has poor social skills and doesn’t test well. He’s never done well taking tests and exams. Now apply this to the working world. I don’t interview well and my ability to communicate is often a jumbled puzzle at best. Do I deserve to remain unemployed because of this? Do I deserved to remain alone for the rest of my life because of this? The Question I’m getting at is this. Giant corporate retailers seem to demand absolute flawless perfection and the attitude is anything less is absolutely completely unacceptable. To show I’m human is wrong and I get shown the door. This can’t go on. Giant retailers like Home Depot and Walmart aren’t listening to reason. They’re not going to get good workers by laying too much weight on the hiring process. Finding the best work or workers often requiring take a leap of faith. If someone isn’t interviewing well, then chances are their strength will show in working performance. And if corporate elite won’t allow that anymore, they all they’ll get are the lazy, unmotivated, cheating slackers there are now whose ignorance will enventually put the consumer world out of business. This is what they don’t see and don’t care about. And it probably is never going to change until it’s too late. Someone needs to stand up to these ivory tower elltists and make them see what they’re doing wrong, because their mindset is not in reality.

]]> By: Dave M. http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people/comment-page-1#comment-2001 Dave M. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:16:48 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people#comment-2001 Well, I'll post about a recent offer that got rescinded. After offering me the position, I countered with I thought was a reasonable counter offer. Some two weeks later, hearing nothing further, the recruiter (not a real HR jockey, but just as bad) demanded a pay stub after I had evaded the question previously by getting them to cough up the salary range, to which I used Nick's NDA defense. All I got in return was several weeks silence, and when I emailed the hiring manager and the recruiter, the answer I got was conveniently someone else showed up internally and they rescinded the offer. But I'm really OK with that. I didn't compromise my salary information and I actually feel better about the whole thing. Thanks, Nick! Well, I’ll post about a recent offer that got rescinded. After offering me the position, I countered with I thought was a reasonable counter offer. Some two weeks later, hearing nothing further, the recruiter (not a real HR jockey, but just as bad) demanded a pay stub after I had evaded the question previously by getting them to cough up the salary range, to which I used Nick’s NDA defense. All I got in return was several weeks silence, and when I emailed the hiring manager and the recruiter, the answer I got was conveniently someone else showed up internally and they rescinded the offer. But I’m really OK with that. I didn’t compromise my salary information and I actually feel better about the whole thing. Thanks, Nick!

]]> By: Nolezonotlyret http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people/comment-page-1#comment-691 Nolezonotlyret Thu, 08 May 2008 02:09:15 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people#comment-691 thats it, dude thats it, dude

]]> By: Ask The Headhunter® | Nick Corcodilos - IYFQ’s: Answers #2 http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people/comment-page-1#comment-538 Ask The Headhunter® | Nick Corcodilos - IYFQ’s: Answers #2 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:29:08 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people#comment-538 [...] my last post I tried to tackle half the In Your Face Questions folks posted recently. Let’s get on with the rest… JB King: If a recruiting firm only [...] [...] my last post I tried to tackle half the In Your Face Questions folks posted recently. Let’s get on with the rest… JB King: If a recruiting firm only [...]

]]> By: Gabriel C http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people/comment-page-1#comment-476 Gabriel C Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:51:22 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people#comment-476 My answer to "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" would be: "Helping your competitors kick your ass by delivering better products than yours... or I can do it here... is your choice" My answer to
“Where do you see yourself in 5 years?”
would be:
“Helping your competitors kick your ass by delivering better products than yours… or I can do it here… is your choice”

]]> By: Ask The Headhunter® | Nick Corcodilos - IYFQ’s: Answers #1 http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people/comment-page-1#comment-445 Ask The Headhunter® | Nick Corcodilos - IYFQ’s: Answers #1 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:03:37 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people#comment-445 [...] IYFQ’s: Why you can’t get hired or hire good people, I asked readers to post In Your Face Questions about job hunting and hiring for which there seem [...] [...] IYFQ’s: Why you can’t get hired or hire good people, I asked readers to post In Your Face Questions about job hunting and hiring for which there seem [...]

]]> By: Daniel Hongell http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people/comment-page-1#comment-350 Daniel Hongell Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:52:57 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people#comment-350 A reply to Needling's question: Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I see myself continuing to make a positive impact within the organization by providing vision toward strategic goals, implementing and fostering positive cultural change through effective uses of human and technological resources, and reinforcing the importance of attaining these ideals through education, experience, and mentoring. A reply to Needling’s question: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
I see myself continuing to make a positive impact within the organization by providing vision toward strategic goals, implementing and fostering positive cultural change through effective uses of human and technological resources, and reinforcing the importance of attaining these ideals through education, experience, and mentoring.

]]> By: D.Chaya, India http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people/comment-page-1#comment-345 D.Chaya, India Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:07:28 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people#comment-345 I would like to comment on the question "Where do see yourself 5 years from today". I have heard this question being asked many a times and at times have used the same question myself. Well there are many ways one could address this. I for one have replied very calmly to the interviewer " Well 5 years for today I would like to see myself as a VP in this cimpnay itself but you tell me what are the plans you have for the position that I am interviewing for. What are the growth plans you have for a person you are hiring in this position. How are you going to support my aspirations of reaching X peosition with Y salary in 5 years time". This has many times not got any response at all for some have just said that they do not have a plan in place !!!!!!! I would like to comment on the question “Where do see yourself 5 years from today”. I have heard this question being asked many a times and at times have used the same question myself.
Well there are many ways one could address this.
I for one have replied very calmly to the interviewer ” Well 5 years for today I would like to see myself as a VP in this cimpnay itself but you tell me what are the plans you have for the position that I am interviewing for. What are the growth plans you have for a person you are hiring in this position. How are you going to support my aspirations of reaching X peosition with Y salary in 5 years time”.
This has many times not got any response at all for some have just said that they do not have a plan in place !!!!!!!

]]> By: JB King http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people/comment-page-1#comment-338 JB King Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:35:04 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people#comment-338 On the subject of "Where would you like to be 5 years from now?" I think there is the typical response of figuring out a career path that long and say that in 5 years, "I would like to be in position X, doing Y, and enjoying Z." The idea here is to question if you were prepared for that question, are a planner, ambitious, or just to mess with you, I think. One thing to ponder in questions about the future is whether or not some prerequisite situation will happen, e.g. I could get hit by a bus tomorrow and die, which would put me as dead and fairly well decomposed by 5 years, or someone thinks they want to get into a management job and then discovers they don't want it and so the plan of being a manager didn't pan out. Another thought would be to answer with, "In exactly 5 years from now, I will be enjoying a nice vacation as a reward for delivering many successful projects for your company," and see how that goes over. On the subject of “Where would you like to be 5 years from now?”

I think there is the typical response of figuring out a career path that long and say that in 5 years, “I would like to be in position X, doing Y, and enjoying Z.” The idea here is to question if you were prepared for that question, are a planner, ambitious, or just to mess with you, I think.

One thing to ponder in questions about the future is whether or not some prerequisite situation will happen, e.g. I could get hit by a bus tomorrow and die, which would put me as dead and fairly well decomposed by 5 years, or someone thinks they want to get into a management job and then discovers they don’t want it and so the plan of being a manager didn’t pan out. Another thought would be to answer with, “In exactly 5 years from now, I will be enjoying a nice vacation as a reward for delivering many successful projects for your company,” and see how that goes over.

]]> By: Needling http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people/comment-page-1#comment-331 Needling Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:15:25 +0000 http://corcodilos.com/blog/31/iyfqs-why-you-cant-get-hired-or-hire-good-people#comment-331 Come on, folks! This is your work life we're talking about. For the sake of your own and your family's sanity, don't you want to at least TRY to find a good fit with the people you'll be spending the majority of your time with in the foreseeable future? Of course interviewEEs can, and do, make up stories. The same can be said of the interviewERs and the companies they represent. That begs the question, whatever happened to personal integrity and authenticity? If everyone went around making up stories all day long, nobody would be happy ANYWHERE for ANY amount of time, companies wouldn't be happy with ANYONE, and NOTHING would get done! I'd like to see more comments on responding to "Where would you like to be 5 years from now?" Oh, I know! Maybe that needs a made-up, paper-thin, blantantly false "story," too! ;> Seriously, on the above question, who's got some appropriate responses? Come on, folks! This is your work life we’re talking about. For the sake of your own and your family’s sanity, don’t you want to at least TRY to find a good fit with the people you’ll be spending the majority of your time with in the foreseeable future?

Of course interviewEEs can, and do, make up stories. The same can be said of the interviewERs and the companies they represent. That begs the question, whatever happened to personal integrity and authenticity? If everyone went around making up stories all day long, nobody would be happy ANYWHERE for ANY amount of time, companies wouldn’t be happy with ANYONE, and NOTHING would get done!

I’d like to see more comments on responding to “Where would you like to be 5 years from now?” Oh, I know! Maybe that needs a made-up, paper-thin, blantantly false “story,” too! ;>

Seriously, on the above question, who’s got some appropriate responses?

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