“I’m a hiring manager and that’s not too far from the truth!”
Could you please elaborate?
One upside to this is that we do very thorough background checks and this weeds out a lot of candidates. I do feel bad for those who might have had a blemish on their past because it pretty much keeps them from having an opportunity to work in our company - even though they may be upstanding people today.
I told my children when they were growing up to stay away from drugs and stay out of trouble. All it takes is one mistake to basically ruin your employment prospects.