Comments on: Real Estate & Recruiting: Process Improvements Needed

By: DrinkTheCoolAid

DrinkTheCoolAid — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:04:06 +0000

I really do appreciate the HR drones who hold on to the status quo of the standard interview format. The behavioral questions, STAR format, et cetera. So when job seekers meet me and have a casual conversation like real people, I can play my cards tight and put them on tilt (luv the Texas hold-em!)

Zen recruiters should not share this secret with management! Just keep working your magic, and when it does not work out and you hire Laurie’s brother….for karma

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:12:18 +0000

Hehe… “You can prove anything with facts.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n-UGQcG3Jw

Good luck with the house Laurie!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:27:59 +0000

@jackbuilt THANKS!

@TracyTran I don’t like gambling unless it’s the mindless slot machine. I like giving away my money in quarters.

@RMSJr I love TUTF and I’ve never heard it before. I’m going to use it.

@jensmack Sometimes the gut feeling is more accurate than facts, don’t you think???

By: jensmack

jensmack — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:27:14 +0000

Congrats on the offer! I picked my realtor pretty much the same way… based on a gut feeling. I also use that when I interview.

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By: RMSJr

RMSJr — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:48:38 +0000

Real estate transactions are too stressful with all parties motivated by best price, highest, lowest and commission. I’ve bought two properties, sold two properties (one of them for a family estate), and now live in the second one I bought and built on. This is my toes up toes first (TUTF) house, for that is the only way, at this time, that I will be leaving it.

Pretty much the same thing for my current employer TUTF.

Good luck with your dreams – may it be even more.

By: Tracy Tran

Tracy Tran — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:13:46 +0000

Here’s the best way for close to accurate hiring: Texas Hold ‘Em guides. At least you learn the tricks of the trade on how to bluff, how to act dumb when you got a good hand, and when to gamble. Of course, there are many books out there, so you’re back to square one.

By: Jackbuilt

Jackbuilt — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:02:55 +0000

I agree with deb and would just add that taking a sledge hammer or spackle to an offending boss or employee is still not acceptable or legal. That non-load bearing wall on the other hand…

Best of luck on your real estate endeavor!
Jackbuilt

By: Laurie

Laurie — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:25:03 +0000

@hrMinion You can’t control a situation if I’m busy controlling it first. It doesn’t work that way.

By: HR Minion

HR Minion — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:22:40 +0000

It is for this reason that I sometimes wish I didn’t have such a high internal locus of control mentality. I always WANT to have more control over the process than I should or ever could, no matter what I do. Oh well, to each her own.