Comments on: Why Some People Get Hired http://punkrockhr.com/why-some-people-get-hired/ Anti-Establishment Career Advice Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:00:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David PHR http://punkrockhr.com/why-some-people-get-hired/#comment-21926 David PHR Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:19:36 +0000 http://punkrockhr.com/?p=4850#comment-21926 I was not offered a position with a large mortgage company because I did not ask the President for enough money. They ended up going bust in the credit crunch. I was not offered a position with a large mortgage company because I did not ask the President for enough money. They ended up going bust in the credit crunch.

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]]> By: The Basis For Hiring | Gradversity.com: Breaking Into The Entry Level Job Market http://punkrockhr.com/why-some-people-get-hired/#comment-15463 The Basis For Hiring | Gradversity.com: Breaking Into The Entry Level Job Market Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:46:34 +0000 http://punkrockhr.com/?p=4850#comment-15463 [...] Trevor Wilson Was browsing around Punk Rock HR the other day and came across a post called Why Some People Get Hired. What is really interesting about this post is that it contains a list of reasons that a company [...] [...] Trevor Wilson Was browsing around Punk Rock HR the other day and came across a post called Why Some People Get Hired. What is really interesting about this post is that it contains a list of reasons that a company [...]

]]> By: ATCnowHR http://punkrockhr.com/why-some-people-get-hired/#comment-14732 ATCnowHR Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:50:58 +0000 http://punkrockhr.com/?p=4850#comment-14732 We hire because we are tired of sifting through hundreds of resumes and the candidate that does the best that day is the big winner!!!! J/k We hire because we are tired of the process and the managers that want the diamond in the ruff that has all the bells and whistles, however they never came with all those features, however they do not want to pay for those features! We hire because we are tired of sifting through hundreds of resumes and the candidate that does the best that day is the big winner!!!! J/k

We hire because we are tired of the process and the managers that want the diamond in the ruff that has all the bells and whistles, however they never came with all those features, however they do not want to pay for those features!

]]> By: Laurie http://punkrockhr.com/why-some-people-get-hired/#comment-14635 Laurie Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:50:36 +0000 http://punkrockhr.com/?p=4850#comment-14635 @Karen I think you're right -- neurodiversity is tolerated much more among men than women. I'm glad you commented on this because you are exactly the kind of employee who gets the shaft with all this talk of 'likability.' @Karen I think you’re right — neurodiversity is tolerated much more among men than women. I’m glad you commented on this because you are exactly the kind of employee who gets the shaft with all this talk of ‘likability.’

]]> By: Karen Eliot http://punkrockhr.com/why-some-people-get-hired/#comment-14631 Karen Eliot Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:31:03 +0000 http://punkrockhr.com/?p=4850#comment-14631 THANK YOU for mentioning Asperger's. I have it, and it has caused problems with work. Not because I wasn't competent, (that's never been an issue as objective measurements of my work have shown) but because women apparently just aren't allowed to be as socially dysfunctional as men are. Plus, AS is thought of as something males have not females... and woe to the gal who doesn't understand small-talk! I suppose ranking people according to subjective means is okay -- but too much of this is done in the belief/pretense that it is scientific and objective. Most of the workplace-type personality tests are an excellent example -- along with the belief in the "free" market's Invisible Hand, as though it were a divine and omnipotent force. Gah! Thanks for your page and for posting (and answering on) this subject. THANK YOU for mentioning Asperger’s. I have it, and it has caused problems with work. Not because I wasn’t competent, (that’s never been an issue as objective measurements of my work have shown) but because women apparently just aren’t allowed to be as socially dysfunctional as men are. Plus, AS is thought of as something males have not females… and woe to the gal who doesn’t understand small-talk!

I suppose ranking people according to subjective means is okay — but too much of this is done in the belief/pretense that it is scientific and objective. Most of the workplace-type personality tests are an excellent example — along with the belief in the “free” market’s Invisible Hand, as though it were a divine and omnipotent force. Gah!
Thanks for your page and for posting (and answering on) this subject.

]]> By: Laurie http://punkrockhr.com/why-some-people-get-hired/#comment-14622 Laurie Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:43:34 +0000 http://punkrockhr.com/?p=4850#comment-14622 @reallyHR Totally. @roolvoel It's sad that the process is so subjective, isn't it??? @reallyHR Totally.

@roolvoel It’s sad that the process is so subjective, isn’t it???

]]> By: roolvoel http://punkrockhr.com/why-some-people-get-hired/#comment-14609 roolvoel Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:31:04 +0000 http://punkrockhr.com/?p=4850#comment-14609 @really HR -- I agree @really HR — I agree

]]> By: really HR? http://punkrockhr.com/why-some-people-get-hired/#comment-14606 really HR? Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:35:45 +0000 http://punkrockhr.com/?p=4850#comment-14606 Here's my unscientific take on this one: We hire the same way we date. The recruiter/ manager/ idiot/ genius on the other side of the table is either into you or not into you. From there, they make up a ton of rationalization about why or why not they were into you or not into you. Sometimes, they are not that into you but hire you anyway, because their first pick turned them down and they can't go to the prom alone. Lucky you. Here’s my unscientific take on this one: We hire the same way we date.

The recruiter/ manager/ idiot/ genius on the other side of the table is either into you or not into you. From there, they make up a ton of rationalization about why or why not they were into you or not into you.

Sometimes, they are not that into you but hire you anyway, because their first pick turned them down and they can’t go to the prom alone. Lucky you.

]]> By: Likability: Do You Have The Stuff? | Punk Rock Human Resources http://punkrockhr.com/why-some-people-get-hired/#comment-14595 Likability: Do You Have The Stuff? | Punk Rock Human Resources Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:49:35 +0000 http://punkrockhr.com/?p=4850#comment-14595 [...] King and I had a side conversation in my blog, last night, about the concept of likability in the hiring [...] [...] King and I had a side conversation in my blog, last night, about the concept of likability in the hiring [...]

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