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A few weeks ago, I made the mistake of trying to take on some new staff for our office.
We place adds in all the local papers and at the jobcentres and we got about 300 “cv” and our office manger spent a week to going thru them.
Finally we got the numbers down to about 20 and interview them last week, but they where all a bit of a joke and none where hired.
Which means that the office manger was paid for a week and did nothing, but ask for overtime to catch up with the work she had missed.
I spent the day being bored brainless and we are still 2 people short in the office.
Look’s like I will have to employ some temps for now. Most of the people I saw last week had not got a clue.
If any of you are going for an interview, pls make sure you know what the jobs about and you have experience and training. And your “cv” is not a work of fiction; people always check it and you will be found out if you lie.
This is New labour’s ethic DOA
Everyone now has a qualification equal to an honours degree !!!!!!
We have 1000’s of kids at University – well loads of them once were Polytechnics – studying a hopeless array of subjects which means when they come into the “real world” they are no better of than if they had
left school at 15The standard of education is “bog standard” these days
Why – because the kids can do what they want at school – there is no discipline – half them come to school stoned The teachers can’t handle them
What a wonderful legacy we have left for our grandkids
In the absence of your own in house HR department DOA – would it be better to use an agency???
HR department? They are all on that already, but do I need a department for it?
I like the old days when you just give a job to someone you know or a “friend of a friend”, but know you can’t do that, you have to wast money on a news paper add and listern to b/s for 8 hours.
All I need is a fat old minger with a mouth like a docker who can type at 50 words a min, why I am having so much trouble finding one?
All I need is a fat old very attractive with a mouth like a docker who can type at 50 words a min, why I am having so much trouble finding one?
PATS………. here’s a job going for you hunni. LMAO
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@forumhostgm wrote:
All I need is a fat old very attractive with a mouth like a docker who can type at 50 words a min, why I am having so much trouble finding one?
PATS………. here’s a job going for you hunni. LMAO
ForumHostGM. xxx.
i#m reportin u to martin. *sticks bottom lip out and stalks off*( she knows i love her really) :wink:
@dead_on_arrvial wrote:
A few weeks ago, I made the mistake of trying to take on some new staff for our office.
We place adds in all the local papers and at the jobcentres and we got about 300 “cv” and our office manger spent a week to going thru them.
Finally we got the numbers down to about 20 and interview them last week, but they where all a bit of a joke and none where hired.
Which means that the office manger was paid for a week and did nothing, but ask for overtime to catch up with the work she had missed.
I spent the day being bored brainless and we are still 2 people short in the office.
Look’s like I will have to employ some temps for now. Most of the people I saw last week had not got a clue.
If any of you are going for an interview, pls make sure you know what the jobs about and you have experience and training. And your “cv” is not a work of fiction; people always check it and you will be found out if you lie.
Being an office manager myself I am in exactly the same predicament at the mo trying to recruit 2 receptionists/administrators………….people just don’t care about work anymore. [god how old do I sound ????]
@Mr Amphibian wrote:
Personally, I’d sack your office manager for incompetence. Of course people exaggerate on their CV’s. How else are they going to get an interview. Anyone with experience in recruitment would be able to tell. (Yes, I have. Many years)
Bit harsh that ? HR “fob off” half their responsibility to the office manager [well in my case anyway], I expect HR to find the right candidate for the job going after giving them the information they require [ie, job role, responsibilities, etc]. But no, I’m expected to telephone interview them, interview them and decide if they are suitable. I’m not trained in interviewing techniques and can only go by my “gut” feeling…which, whilst normally pretty good, is pretty shyte when it comes to potential candidates for a job….hence why we are supposed to have an HR dept ?
And with agencies ? well again in my case I’m supposed to request HR to get a temp in, and ask them to request the agencies to look for perm staff…………..but trying to get HR to do anything is a sheer struggle nowadays, they are too busy trying to keep the company “PC”, going through the lengthy disciplinery procedures, looking after those poor petals who, after 2 months of work, feel they are getting RSI and want a new monitor and chair………….etc. :roll:
Touchy subject this one for me at the mo !
*hands Morty a voddy* :wink:
lots of places now don’t even accept CV’s anyway (at least not in social care work) but instead you have to display how you meet the criteria set out in the person specification, this sorts out the wheat from the chaffe usually :wink:
You know how long I have been sat here waiting for “manpower” to ring me back?
4 bloody hours!
You would think they would love to make money out of me. There not cheap to use !
Damm people think the worlds runs a round them!
mmmmmmm……………….
where the yellow pages? I think its time to try someone else
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