Employment
Posted by: aedna
4th Mar 2016 02:47pm
I would like to beg employers to change their attitude towards new staff recruits. Instead of looking for the most personable, outgoing, confident candidate. Look at how long that person has been unemployed. The longer they are out of work the less likely you are going to like them. Their self confidence is stuffed they would love a job but have been knocked back more times than they can remember. They have churned out resumes one after another without success. After a while it's hard not to believe you are a loser, not worth employing and what's the point of going for a job when you are made to feel worse by the time you leave the interview. I could write a book on the horrific interviews I've attended. And if you are over 30 well forget it baby. You don't stand much of a chance. Employers - come on! Get your act into gear! Have some compassion and give the poor beggars a chance. Two/ three months trial with a promise that if they do well they will be given a job and a pay rise. Remember also that we don't employ slaves in Australia. We are better than that. That means reasonable working conditions and pay. Come on employers! You can do it!!!
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Luvmydogs
I completely agree with you, aedna, but from lessons I've learnt in life - don't ever give up! I've had circumstances where I needed a job with one child to support back then, & in those days you didn't receive government support like welfare recipients do now. The first job I took on to get back into the job market was in as a maid in a motel - taking out the breakfast trays, cleaning the rooms once the people had gone & making beds. At times I had to do the breakfast cooking when the lady who normally did it had a day off. It was quite a menial job but I didn't care as I was earning money! It got me back into the job market & I went onwards & upwards from there. The main thing people want to think about is whether they're deliberately aiming too high when trying to get a job. Wouldn't it be better, even if only for your own pride, to get a lower ranking job just to get back into the job market as I did? Believe me, it was worth it as towards the end of my working life I was managing hotels, then went into the public service at base level & worked my way up to being a team leader. As someone who did employ people, particularly in the hotels, I was always prepared to give someone a go but, by the same token, if I knew it was a pointless exercise after giving them a brief trial period - with pay! - then I would let them know & would try to point them in a different direction that would be more suitable for them.