tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post6970986353211955999..comments2023-09-29T06:09:21.089-04:00Comments on Ask a Manager: WTF?Ask a Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281942480230532899noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-61103234092966311402008-01-25T19:33:00.000-05:002008-01-25T19:33:00.000-05:00Anyone who would throw their own friend under the ...Anyone who would throw their own friend under the bus at their own chance at accelerating is in poor character, if you ask me. I would hire his friend instead!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-40150421457519787532008-01-17T16:40:00.000-05:002008-01-17T16:40:00.000-05:00Totally laughed out loud at this one! A few month...Totally laughed out loud at this one! A few months ago I was hiring for a position at a client company. A current employee of the company (we'll call him Dan) referred a friend of his (we'll call this one Phil). I did the phone screen - Phil sounded great so I brought him in for a face to face. He did pretty well and was on our short list. Then Dan came and asked when Phil would hear form us. Even though I owe Dan no information, I took the time to assure him that I had promised Phil follow-up by the following week and I expected to stick to that time schedule. Dan then said, "Well the sooner the better, because he is really desperate," and went on to relate how Phil was in trouble with his live-in lover and needed to find his own place pronto, and he owed some money for some prior unwise purchases, and, and, and..... Dan went on and on about how very badly Phil needed this job and how much he hoped for the chance to be able to work with him and help him turn things around. I'm sure Dan was trying to help Phil, but every thing he said was just like a dart against him. I had a lot of good candidates for this position...not surprisingly, one of them turned out to be a "better match" than Phil. The moral of the story is to be very sure you know how much your friends are saying about you when they refer you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-58789466534675245292008-01-15T14:05:00.000-05:002008-01-15T14:05:00.000-05:00A perfect example of why "Job interviewing techniq...A perfect example of why "Job interviewing techniques 101" should be a mandatory course requirement for any undergraduate college degree!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-75605768738393886822008-01-13T02:49:00.000-05:002008-01-13T02:49:00.000-05:00That's just dumb! And they probably don't even rea...That's just dumb! And they probably don't even realise it. Which makes it even ........ Dumber!Bill James-Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14259409363790924778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-86537905887863648192008-01-10T20:53:00.000-05:002008-01-10T20:53:00.000-05:00Not a good strategy, but awfully amusing for me.Not a good strategy, but awfully amusing for me.Evil HR Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506069540151526951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-28694705388930477192008-01-10T17:02:00.000-05:002008-01-10T17:02:00.000-05:00You're right, candidates should avoid trashing oth...You're right, candidates should avoid trashing other candidates and instead trash their current/former bosses :)Rachel - former HR bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13504902980684871964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-8764909110404783302008-01-10T16:26:00.000-05:002008-01-10T16:26:00.000-05:00WTF indeed! You must be hiring in the same locale...WTF indeed! You must be hiring in the same locale as I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com