As a matter of fact.
Posted on 04/12/2019 12:42:53 PM PDT by max americana
One of my acquaintances (white dude) here works for the city of L.A. He tells me it’s the Armenians who control the hiring there. You’d think it were the mexicans and that revelation is hard to believe, but that’s what he tells me.
Yes, they are incredibly annoying verbal crutches (though not exactly jargon). Not only common, but becoming more so, as our younger generations spend less time conversing orally.
I’m not sure I’d use that as my primary screen if my applicants were up for other than customer-facing marketing or sales positions.
“Always wear a business suit with skirt below the knee and shined shoes. Also carry a briefcase for holding references and resume because it looks more professional to reach into a briefcase than to hand over a manila folder.”
I will say that ALL our female hires wore the “power suit” to the interview. You are pretty much one step into our company as my industry elevates image to a high degree.
Jeans and sneakers and a jacket seem to be nerd chic, a la Zuckerburg, and that style has taken over the mindset of most people coming out of places like Harvard. I think it looks ridiculous. In Boston you often see that style in and around Cambridge what with all the tech startups, also around the universities. The Charles seems like a line of demarcation, the North End in the financial district, you see mostly suits. Head a little further down into South Boston and see start to see more of the nerd chic again, jostling for space with the sagging jeans and wifebeaters as the place is getting “gentrified.”
My problem is less verbal placeholders and more that I tend to pause all the time trying to pick out the right word.
My current pet peeve is the phrase “does that make sense?” interjected constantly in regular conversation, but to no purpose. It is an empty phrase equivalent to “you know?”
I’ll bet the ladies love your video conferences.
Or Bathroom!
As a matter of fact.
Don’t tell anyone, but I FReep in the nude too.
I FReep faster that way. I can type with both hands very very fast.
But just don’t ask me how I hit the space bar.
Just don’t.
That is so hilarious! I don’t think I’ve seen that one before.
How do you get people to actually show up for interviews?
Don’t tell the recruiter! Now candidates will all be clued in before & you lose the opportunity to witness + exclude.
Now that you mention it, it does sound like its from the UK.
Simple. Have a Hiring Party. With Free Food!
https://www.delish.com/food-news/a27056597/taco-bell-hiring-parties-april-2019/
Sales calls are similar to interviews. In my case I had to keep in mind the particular location where I was selling. In many cases these calls were at chemical plants and pipeline facilities. If I showed up at places like that in a yuppie suit, I would be laughed out of the gate. Many times I would be dressed “business casual “ then jeans being neat but also have a visible FR patch (flame retardant). That paved the way to a plant walk down and maybe asked for a small project proposal- having the rest of my PPE in the car helped.
The other over used, and wrongly used phrase so many in the “younger generations” are using is “I feel...”, when what they actually mean is “I think....”.
But, I know that is a digression from what they were taught in academia, where one’s feelings about all kinds of stuff are legitimate positions that no amount of objectivity - thinking - should criticize.
You know they are confused beings when they are confused between what is a thought and what is a feeling, and when the fact that those two concepts are not the same is also beyond their understanding.
That’s my favorite. The two actors are very good with their facial expressions!
That colloquial use of "like"--as in "Like I don't want to swing without you, baby; like holy mackerel, Kingfish!" has been around for a while.
Like I Love You--Kookie Byrnes (1959)
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