How often does the CV come in to question? It gets you into the room. That's all it should do.
It won't tell you anything about their personality, weak points, temperament, aspirations, ease and the like.
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How often does the CV come in to question? It gets you into the room. That's all it should do.
It won't tell you anything about their personality, weak points, temperament, aspirations, ease and the like.
This is life..
Not everyone cares about climbing the pay scale ladder. Some just do the 9-5 then go home. Not all the folk you meet will work 60-70 hours a week just to get a 3-5k pay rise every few years.
This, but I'd go with 2 if her personality fits in well with yours. 3 might be nervous, quiet or just plain weird. Personally I wouldn't like to find out, especially if I already had another candidate in mind.
When I worked at comet christ knows how many years ago, I was involved in some interviews and we had a very quiet girl who attended. She was a bonny lass, but when asked what she knows about tablets she said she only knows about paracetamol but doesn't take them often, even though she was in an interview for an electrical store. Quiet can sometimes hide dense, but we got lucky that day. Maybe you won't though!
This is fantastic.
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#1 Sounds like trouble, she will probably never be content with whatever circumstances. (Obviously not really enough information to know for sure but she just screams the stereotype).
#2 Not really enough information to tell but sounds like she could be the typical have a laugh, not take the job too seriously type.
#3 Is a gamble - could be a practical learner who will be a bit slow getting off their feet but a good asset in the long term who is more likely to apply themselves than the other 2 to the actual work at hand but not necessarily a good choice for pushing and developing the role.
If it were me (and tbh I only really do warehouse hires) I'd probably have 2 and 3 back again on fixed term trial basis but thats possibly not a luxury you can afford.
Never really been one for the first bit but completely agree with the 2nd - its rare my judgement from the initial impression as they walk in the door changes.
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I would disagree with this, I think a person with say various degrees, including a PhD in biochemistry with a background in cancer research and university staff academia is over qualified to be doing a job like assisting/caring for autistic adults.
Sucks when sometimes there is a valid reason i.e. family circumstances for looking jobs well below your qualifications and experience as a lot of people will turn you down not believing you will stick around.
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I'm ganna go with #3.
Some people just need a little time to settle in.
Some people just need a little time to settle in.
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Throw two in the bin without looking - eliminate the unlucky.
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Yup, no room for indecisive managers on my team....
Quite, when I worked for a public transport company we have drivers who had all kinds of professional qualifications, including at least one who was a qualified physician who was on a sabbatical and a aeronautical engineer who just wanted a change of scenery, an ex-royal protection officer...one was an ex-systems analyst Oxford graduate who simply liked driving buses. In fact around a quarter of our driving staff across the group had significant qualifications in other areas and were arguably 'over-qualified'. People just have a particular 'pre-judgement' of others based on their occupation rather than then as individuals.