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1. I first mention that this is a no smoking office, city reg's require it. Usually the prospective employee will volunteer they do not smoke.

I will reply that most private businesses don't give a rip if their employees smoke or not just as long as they are productive and they do not upset the status quo. Such status quo means stepping outside for a smoke so as not to inconvenience the non-smokers.

2. If they did not volunteer they are a non smoker then I will escort them out to their car after the interview, we will be chatting about whatever, once at the car I will check it out looking for the usually evidence, full ashtrays, wrappers and/or cartons.

Won't find one shred of evidence in the car I was driving even tho such car belongs to a smoker.

For one prospective employee I mentioned that I was thinking of buying a similar car for my son. I asked if I could sit in it, sure was the reply. Once inside I was able to confirm the car is driven by a smoker. The stink gives it away. No second interview for that person.

Thanks for your keen insight, your anti-smoking OBSESSION just cost you perhaps the best employee you ever had simply because he was driving his girlfriend's car.......

For what it's worth, your observations are self explanatory as to why you are only 15 employees large.......

I used to have a sign that said "drugs don't work here". That includes tobacco.

With only a workforce of 15, I would surmise that you are merely a "supplier" of sorts. Funny how one's intolerances are suddenly overlooked when confronted with the prospect of profits.

I once was the purchasing Mgr. of one of our plants and I used to visit the little kingdoms of you psuedo wannabe's and my greatest pleasure was to ask for an ashtray after viewing a "no-smoking" sign. Funny how you anal-retentive nico-nazi's would bend over backwards to accomodate my smoking while at the same time telling your employees they could not smoke. LOL!

Hot Tabasco your so called insights are not very compelling, we are a small professional services firm by choice. It is far easier and still very profitable to small and nimble. Perhaps my obsession did cost me a good employee, we will never know. What I do know is that the ones I have now are great, so it really does not matter if I've lost one or two in the screening process. That same process insures we have the best, the brightest and the highest caliber employee. Our revenue per employee is way above the national average for similar firms in our industry. All of our partners and employees are paid well above the national average for our industry.
There are 2 major requirements to work here, a 4 year degree for our support employees,a master's degree with certification for our partners and a drug\tobacco free lifestyle. I have a feeling you cannot meet any of the requirements. Good luck with your call center job.

"I once was the purchasing Mgr. of one of our plants and I used to visit the little kingdoms of you psuedo wannabe's and my greatest pleasure was to ask for an ashtray after viewing a "no-smoking" sign. Funny how you anal-retentive nico-nazi's would bend over backwards to accomodate my smoking while at the same time telling your employees they could not smoke. LOL!"

I am a buyer of about a half billion dollars of "product". Once on a tour of a supplier's plant they told me it was a non smoking facility. I asked if that was due to the potential danger caused by mfg. chemicals. After their answer was no, it was a policy of the non-smoking anti owner, I informed them that their potential PO's would reflect their "zero" tolerance policy!