On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 19:33, Jinx wrote:
> > Today I received an official document from Centrelink explaining the
> > do's and don't's of interviews
>
> > "Interviews are not about honesty, but about what the employer wants
> > to hear', 'Avoid honest answers and provide positive feedback'
>
> I've a friend who's got a small business and she's sick and tired
> of finding out later rather than sooner that staff weren't completely
> honest (or perhaps hadn't given it enough thought) about why they
> wanted the job and that they aren't in it for the long haul. With a fair
> amount of training to go through, she gets exceptionally annoyed
> when the person she's got "just right" ups and leaves

If she's losing good staff there's either a pay-level problem or someone
(perhaps her?) is making them want to leave.  Otherwise, why would they
be going?

People are generally "lazy" when it comes to looking for new jobs if
they have a "good job".

> > Now apart from the fact that many employers seem incapable of
> > interviewing a cardboard box -
>
> She thinks she spends enough time interviewing each candidate
> and makes a good choice, but so often she still doesn't get who
> she'd thought she'd got. Probably fault on both sides, but it seems
> she hasn't quite got the balance right between interviewer and
> interrogator

Has she simply asked what their plans are?  "Are you planning on staying
with us a while?  What do you want to be doing in five years?"

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Nate Duehr, WY0X  (AIM: BigNateCO)
nate@natetech.com

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