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re: Apply in Person... In two Parts.
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:20 pm to WWII Collector
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:20 pm to WWII Collector
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Do you know how many accounts and passwords I have already... Facebook. TD.. Multiple bank Accounts, State Sales Tax Accounts. Property Tax accounts. Multiple Email accounts. Website Accounts...
Every single person in America does as well. It really is not difficult at all to manage.
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I have accounts and passwords running out my ears.. The last thing I need is another one to lowes to help my GF who only has a Phone to try and find a job from.
Is your girlfriend 15 years old? 99% of all of this can be done from her phone anyway. I would tell you to buy her a refurbished laptop for like $100 but you’d need to set up an account for that too…
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Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:21 pm to Not Cooper
quote:I feel like the OP is about 53 years old and his GF maybe 19
Is your girlfriend 15 years old? 99% of all of this can be done from her phone anyway. I would tell you to buy her a refurbished laptop for like $100 but you’d need to set up an account for that too…
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:21 pm to shel311
Indeed also offers prerecorded phone screen interviews for businesses to send to prospective employees.
This post was edited on 4/4/22 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:22 pm to shel311
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That is interesting. I never heard of it until you posted it.
If an industry someone wants to apply for has a lot of companies doing it, that person may not have many options. But generally, i'd just skip that company and shuffle on to the next one that doesn't do that.
It weeds out the people that are just hitting apply to every single ad they see on Indeed, or Monster or whatever site and gives you employees that are actually interested in the position.
I posted about this on the previous page. I mean we had lawyers and nurses applying for a $12 per hour receptionist position. They obviously just were applying to anything easy. The person we hired did answer the questions. It also lets you kind of pre-screen them. Like we are hiring for a receptionist, we needed someone that sounded professional and not someone with terrible grammar or that sounds all ghetto. And I do work in insurance actually.
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:24 pm to HoustonChick86
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I posted about this on the previous page. I mean we had lawyers and nurses applying for a $12 per hour receptionist position. They obviously just were applying to anything easy. The person we hired did answer the questions. It also lets you kind of pre-screen them. Like we are hiring for a receptionist, we needed someone that sounded professional and not someone with terrible grammar or that sounds all ghetto. And I do work in insurance actually.
Has a lot of pros for the hiring company (other than missing out on potential candidates that don't want to deal with recording a video) but no real benefit for the interviewee, in my opinion
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:25 pm to HoustonChick86
I know both Progressive and State Farm do the recorded video interview, as least for many positions.
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:27 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Yes, they give you a question then you record your response.
You usually get one retry and the second attempt is submitted automatically.
These are being used in favor of the "phone screen" interviews, I'm assuming because HR is so backlogged trying to fill positions.
I've noticed the recorded video interviews to be very prevalent in the insurance industry, for whatever reason.
The major pro for the interviewee is they can do that initial interview whenever they want, it could be midnight on a Saturday for all they care.
Also the 4 people in the interview chain can pre screen at their leisure.
They aren’t my favorite but I’d rather tape 10 mins of answers at night instead of trying to go meet people for interviews in person during work hours. At some point you obviously want a two direction interaction but not trying to sneak off for every application either.
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:27 pm to shel311
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Crazy thought here, have your girlfriend sit at a computer and add the account. Tada, you don't have an additional account/password to deal with, she does.
SO.. YOu do not think that having people apply in person and talk to a manager might help our Labor Shortage a little?
ALso do you think that me asking people to apply in person is unreasonable for a waitress position?
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:27 pm to TexasTiger1984
quote:It's funny because I'm basically contradicting myself. I joked above to the OP about potential candidates wanting to be more efficient, but virtually everything I do with respect to work is obsessing over how to be more efficient.
Has a lot of pros for the hiring company (other than missing out on potential candidates that don't want to deal with recording a video) but no real benefit for the interviewee, in my opinion
This does that for a company, and I still don't like it.
I guess I view sending in an application as a completely different scenario compared to an actual interview.
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:29 pm to WWII Collector
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ALso do you think that me asking people to apply in person is unreasonable for a waitress position?
Not for a waitress/service industry type job.
For a career type office job, yes.
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:30 pm to WWII Collector
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Right on... How much more local than a neighborhood bar?
Every neighborhood bar is hiring. If you want to fill that position, you need to cater to potential employees, and that doesn't stop once you hire them. You need to take care of them.
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:31 pm to shel311
Agreed. I get why they're doing it. It seems like the natural progression and sounds more efficient on paper but it probably just causes a whole different set of problems. I'm not that old, 37, but I'm sure the younger generation has less of a problem with doing a pre-screen interview since they spend more time online and on video-apps. Who knows
This post was edited on 4/4/22 at 12:33 pm
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:31 pm to NoSaint
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They aren’t my favorite but I’d rather tape 10 mins of answers at night instead of trying to go meet people for interviews in person during work hours. At some point you obviously want a two direction interaction but not trying to sneak off for every application either.
Agreed. With a normal work schedule, it's hard to really look for another position.
Virtual interviews and recorded interviews really fix a lot of those issues, they're also cheaper for the hiring company and you get access to candidates who possibly couldn't do an in person interview due to work schedule.
The con is you miss out on the people who didn't want the position bad enough to jump through the hoops or who can't figure out the virtual process.
Is that really a con though?
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:31 pm to Not Cooper
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Every single person in America does as well. It really is not difficult at all to manage.
Just curious... Is all you user names and passwords the same for every single account? Or do you use software to maintain all your passwords and user ID"S, or does windows do it for you?
Just curious...
BTW, we are both 57...
Good thing I have a job to pay my internet bill so I can apply for a job if I need one...
Maybe that's the reason we have such a homeless problem too.. They don't have computer and phones to fill out Job application forms...
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:34 pm to WWII Collector
quote:I think now more than ever companies should be catering to the needs of applicants, since they're so desperate with so many open positions and competing with even more companies now than ever before. They should be doing whatever they have to do to get people on board.
SO.. YOu do not think that having people apply in person and talk to a manager might help our Labor Shortage a little?
quote:Yes, because you already admitted the places want you to apply online. If you're talking about mom and pop small places that may not even have a website or can't take applications online, sure. But that's not what you're talking about, you're talking about the exact opposite.
ALso do you think that me asking people to apply in person is unreasonable for a waitress position?
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:35 pm to WWII Collector
quote:Except, according to you, that local neighborhood bar apparently has enough technology to have its own website that you can use to apply online and submit resumes to.
Right on... How much more local than a neighborhood bar?
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:36 pm to WWII Collector
quote:My friend, we had a homeless problem before the internet and online applications came around
Maybe that's the reason we have such a homeless problem too.. They don't have computer and phones to fill out Job application forms...
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:39 pm to WWII Collector
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Just curious... Is all you user names and passwords the same for every single account? Or do you use software to maintain all your passwords and user ID"S, or does windows do it for you?
We use Roboform. Have a ton of shared accounts with coworkers. This saves the password and you just click the site you want to go to and it auto fills all the login credentials. It also saves any password updates so we aren't emailing password updates every time someone needs to make one.
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:40 pm to shel311
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All we're really comparing here is the 1-2 minutes it takes to create a profile and a password
Unfortunately, from what I’ve seen - creating the profile can be one of the biggest hurdles. It’s time consuming and is often a full background summary and all of the info that should traditionally be included in a cover letter, etc.
I’m sure that varies widely from company to company, though.
This post was edited on 4/4/22 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 4/4/22 at 12:41 pm to WWII Collector
Report: 95% Of Grandfathers Got Job By Walking Right Up And Just Asking
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WASHINGTON—According to a Gallup report published Tuesday, over 95 percent of the nation’s grandfathers began their careers by walking straight into a place of business, saying “I’m the man for the job,” and receiving a position right there on the spot. “I just went right up to the owner, looked him dead in the eye, and told him I was the person he was looking for,” said 78-year-old William Chambers, whose story was nearly identical to accounts given by thousands of other grandfathers interviewed for the report, each of whom emphasized that they placed both their hands firmly on the businessman’s desk, explained that they were “go-getters,” and concluded by saying that, if hired, they would be the hardest worker the company had ever seen. “Right away, the fellow told me he liked my gumption, and then we sealed it all with a handshake. I had that job until the day I retired.” Chambers added that, like two-thirds of the grandfathers surveyed, he also gave the pretty girl behind the counter a wink and—wouldn’t you know—50 years later they’re still together.
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