May 3, 2013
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The other day USA Today had an article titled, “Wanted: Millennials Who Know How to Interview.” It told how some young people in this age of high unemployment and a sluggish economy interview poorly and even bizarrely. Some recent grads text or take calls during interviews, dress inappropriately, use slang or overly casual language, and exhibit other oddball behavior. It causes recruiters to rule out otherwise qualified candidates. It’s thought that many young people have stunted social skills from all their tweeting and texting.
Examples: A graduate student seeking a management position took a call on his smartphone during the interview. The call wasn’t an emergency, and it ruined his near-certain chances for a job offer.
A man in his late 20s brought his father to an interview. The father of another applicant called to negotiate a higher salary after his son was offered a job.
A college senior brought her cat into an interview. She put the cat on the interviewer’s desk and played with it. Surprisingly, she didn’t get a job offer.
Hey, 18 to 34-year-olds, study the art of the interview, why don’t you?
Comments (1)
Guess it is just not the South then?! I loved the one interview Bill told me about recently at Chick-Fil-A where Bill’s crew leader asked the applicant what his learning style was and he said “Google!” LOL!