So, we’ve all heard the old adage “Keep your work and professional lives seperate.”   This is good advice; yet there are many companies that don’t see the wisdom in this.  I had the distinct pleasure of dealing with some HR snafus for a company that actually promoted inner-office “romantic friendships.”  Their thought?  “You’re [...]

I have this one particular client that likes to generate a lot of paper but not actually hire anyone, and their field people (who I placed the majority of over the years) cry to me constantly about being undermanned.  So last Monday I get this super-slick glossy four color print job in the mail, with [...]

So in my previous job as a Director of HR (aka dress code police, whiny baby wrangler, and NO machine), sometimes we’d let policy slide if we thought it was in the company’s best interest. So we had a no soliciting policy within the company. Don’t bring your kid’s cookie sheet shit or wrapping paper [...]

A little foraging through my weekend inbox unearthed this gem of a cover letter:

Dear Mr./Mrs./Miss Supervisor,
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to introduce myself. I’ve just
recently returned to the area from an adventure in Los
Angeles, Land of Fruits and Nuts. I missed my cowboy hat, not being the
only one saying “y’all”, and thunder storms…oh…and [...]

I just got off the phone with a candidate that cancelled his 9AM interview tomorrow because he got tickets to the local NFL team’s game.

me – “The game ended two hours ago.”

dumbass – “Yeah, but I’ve been drinking since this morning and just remembered to call you.”

me – “Don’t you need this interview, like you [...]

I am still at my desk because I have a client that insists on seeing five people on Monday morning.  The prez called me at 4:30 CST and are very specific about what they want – female, attractive, four to five years experience, marketing degree from certain school (the guy pimps his alma mater), under [...]

So today, glorious fucking Wednesday, I find a new FAIL in my little slice of recruiting heaven.  One of my candidates needed to fax in a background check to be in the November orientation class and my client has been waiting since noon CST Monday for this sheet of paper.

“Oh, I sent it already.”

“They must [...]

1. Dealing with hardcore resume liars. (I notice you have experience with an operating system. I ask you about installing a very simple application. You hem and haw and say, “well, maybe I didn’t know it all that well.” Oh, and that’s what EXPERT means on your resume?)

2. People who don’t put the months on [...]