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Claiming Sexual Harassment: The new weapon for women?
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<blockquote data-quote="CV355" data-source="post: 16021423" data-attributes="member: 181885"><p>Nailed it. We actually had some backwoods hillbilly walk in with torn jean shorts, flip-flops, a completely stained tank top, old band-aids on his forearm, and a shop rag over his shoulder. He was one of the "referrals" I made to the GM. We all thought it was hilarious.</p><p></p><p>Now, don't get me wrong. If they come in that way and absolutely blow us away with breadth and depth of applicable knowledge, I'd pull them aside and tell them to fill an application and come back prepared for an interview. Now I am told I can't do that anymore.</p><p></p><p>I had some ~21 year old guy do a phone interview for an internship a few years back. He was in a panic and talked crap about his current workplace for an hour. I wrote him an email afterwards stating "I believe you were stressed, which contributed to an ineffective interview. I would like to extend an invitation for an on-site interview. My advice would be to refrain from speaking negatively about your current employer- let's start with a blank slate." The guy came in and did the same routine and didn't get the position. I was later told that I can't give any sort of feedback even given the circumstances. My response was that the internship program is for students to learn the industry- the feedback was constructive. If it was for a full-time position, the feedback would obviously be unacceptable. Nope, still got told not to do it. Good to know I can't help a college student. I later got an email from the candidate thanking me for being honest with him.</p><p></p><p>I try to go through life giving advice on what <em>not </em>to do based on personal experience. If I can save someone from making a mistake I've made, I'll do it. Some understand, some need to experience it for themselves. If someone that I advised becomes more successful than I am in shorter time, it makes my day, honestly. Unfortunately, the window of interaction is becoming narrower these days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CV355, post: 16021423, member: 181885"] Nailed it. We actually had some backwoods hillbilly walk in with torn jean shorts, flip-flops, a completely stained tank top, old band-aids on his forearm, and a shop rag over his shoulder. He was one of the "referrals" I made to the GM. We all thought it was hilarious. Now, don't get me wrong. If they come in that way and absolutely blow us away with breadth and depth of applicable knowledge, I'd pull them aside and tell them to fill an application and come back prepared for an interview. Now I am told I can't do that anymore. I had some ~21 year old guy do a phone interview for an internship a few years back. He was in a panic and talked crap about his current workplace for an hour. I wrote him an email afterwards stating "I believe you were stressed, which contributed to an ineffective interview. I would like to extend an invitation for an on-site interview. My advice would be to refrain from speaking negatively about your current employer- let's start with a blank slate." The guy came in and did the same routine and didn't get the position. I was later told that I can't give any sort of feedback even given the circumstances. My response was that the internship program is for students to learn the industry- the feedback was constructive. If it was for a full-time position, the feedback would obviously be unacceptable. Nope, still got told not to do it. Good to know I can't help a college student. I later got an email from the candidate thanking me for being honest with him. I try to go through life giving advice on what [i]not [/i]to do based on personal experience. If I can save someone from making a mistake I've made, I'll do it. Some understand, some need to experience it for themselves. If someone that I advised becomes more successful than I am in shorter time, it makes my day, honestly. Unfortunately, the window of interaction is becoming narrower these days. [/QUOTE]
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