Pariah of the Unemployed

It is a shame what our working class has slipped to.  Not all, but there is definitely an underbelly of the employee pool.  Sad part is that unskilled labor, service job employers are really suffering trying to find good help.  Out of desperation, they hire the dregs of humanity out there, and end up damaging their businesses as a result of not having a decent work force to pick from. 

Case In Point:

We run an ad regularly, way more idiots out there than not.  Finally, the idiots like the living dead do not show up for the interview.  Obviously why they failed to show in the first place does not work out.  Then they just show up without an appointment for an interview.  Only to frustrate the good employees that I do have. 

 

Flagger, Hello

Hello,

You are working hard at flagging, good job.  Can you get a job, NO.  Especially, NOW.  Spend some of this time flagging, job hunting, you said in your application that you need to take care of that newborn.  I do not think that flagging is paying enough for you to be able to take care of a child on.  Plus, do you realize that we belong to 3 Chambers of Commerce, all we have to do is pass the word around about you flagging us and why, and the rest will be history.

Nice work, see you Monday, KEEP FLAGGING, don't go on any job interviews, just keep flagging.  8 hour flag fest Monday -  Friday.  Now we are doing it just to keep you busy. 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every employer is hiring!

It is true.  If you will bring a business more PROFIT, it will hire you. 

THE QUESTION IS, WILL YOU BRING IT MORE PROFIT, OR ARE YOU JUST ANOTHER BURDEN?

Answer this question honestly, and either exploit the fact that you will bring it PROFIT, and go forward and get a job, OR face facts that you have been a burden to previous employers (hence, you not being employed now, and that you did not enjoy the job), test to see if you were a burden are 2 questions.

1.  Previous jobs that you did not enjoy, did you know what the job was when taking it?
2.  Did you give your all, the all that you can be proud of?

Do not answer these questions out loud, only to yourself, THIS IS A MUST!!!!!!!

When I was 21, I focused on getting a job, and keeping it, because your credit report paid attention to that, therefore my employers were very happy to have me on board.  I worked hard to get the job, and then I was OBLIGATED to live up to what I said to get the job.  I have never been fired, and I have always been able to return to any previous employer, heck some of their kids work for me now. 

Lesson 1 on how to get a job.

First thing you should realize about getting a job, is that all businesses are first a place of business.  Second, a place of employment.  Reason for this is because without customers, there is no place of business, without a place of business, there is no place of employment. 

All too often these days, employee prospects come in and think that the interview is the equivalent of being hired.  WRONG!!!!!!!

It is merely another step in the hiring process, the days of walking in and being hired on the spot are long gone.  Reason for that is because for the past 25 years, employees have been taking for granted the surplus of jobs, and the ability to talk your way into a job that is a couple of levels above them.  There is absolutely no problem with talking your way in, the problem comes from what you do when you get in.  This is where the first rule kicks in, TALK YOUR WAY IN, AND THEN "WALK THE TALK". 

Never let your guard down, always know the job, and do it way past what is required.  Plus, help your company out, even if you do not own stock in the company, you might as well, especially since you are drawing your paycheck from the company. 

What happened in the past 25 years, well 2 generations criss crossed and left employers with no other choice but to change the way that they conduct business.  More rules, and more paperwork, and more separations, leading to more hiring.  This terrible circle created the illusion that jobs were plentiful.  Nope, just the businesses looking for more reliable ways to get the job done.  Then, TECHNOLOGY, technology makes it so that we can screen without seeing you, hearing you, we are looking at your spelling, how you present yourself in writing, did you do the internet no-no of writing in all lower case-on an online job application, did you follow the instructions (after all - every job will have instructions, if you cannot follow them online before you get the job, you are less likely to follow them once you have the job).  Employers are out in front, because of TECHNOLOGY. 

So all of you that are unemployed, listen, PAY ATTENTION TO RULE NUMBER ONE. 

Put your best foot forward to get the job, but most importantly, when you get the job, DO IT!!!!!!!