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At my local Kroger, we are in the process of replacing me as I gear up to (finally) go to rotations....assuming I pass this stupid test I took Wednesday...which was bloody hard. My wife told me I passed as she had to take the exact same test and we knew the same stuff going in and she IS smarter than me, so I'll trust her...
ANYWAY.
So to replace me, we are hiring 3 people. Per protocol, we go through the motions...interviews, resumes, making them kiss our asses, etc. But we've found that the ONLY accurate way to truely judge a person's character is to look at their facebook. A person will put "my strengths are honesty and punctuality" on their bull**** resume. But if you look at their facebook, on the "wall" of their page, some friend says "I can't believe your work bought that line about your car running out of gas when you were recovering from that hangover this morning. You're slick, dude!" The sad thing is that this isn't far from the truth.
It might just be me, but I've noticed that the more pretentious and brown-nosing a person is, the more likely they are a professional liar for the 10 minutes you are asking them questions.
So what's my point in this rambling post?
1) Resumes and interviews shouldn't be used to hire people. It's just a competition in which he who is the best at half-truthing the interviewer wins. Lying is too easy for the intelligent. And an intelligent liar is the worst thing you can have on your staff. You saw what Matt Damon's character did in The Departed before being outsmarted by Marky Mark of all people, didn't you? He screwed everyone over at the workplace royally...in this case with headshots...and nobody had a clue. I can't think of a better way to choose whom from a group of potential candidates to hire, though, so I suppose I can't whine too much.
2) For the love of God, clean up your facebook before you start applying for a real job. When the DM of CVS sees "snorting cocaine" under one of your interests, he will not call you back.
ANYWAY.
So to replace me, we are hiring 3 people. Per protocol, we go through the motions...interviews, resumes, making them kiss our asses, etc. But we've found that the ONLY accurate way to truely judge a person's character is to look at their facebook. A person will put "my strengths are honesty and punctuality" on their bull**** resume. But if you look at their facebook, on the "wall" of their page, some friend says "I can't believe your work bought that line about your car running out of gas when you were recovering from that hangover this morning. You're slick, dude!" The sad thing is that this isn't far from the truth.
It might just be me, but I've noticed that the more pretentious and brown-nosing a person is, the more likely they are a professional liar for the 10 minutes you are asking them questions.
So what's my point in this rambling post?
1) Resumes and interviews shouldn't be used to hire people. It's just a competition in which he who is the best at half-truthing the interviewer wins. Lying is too easy for the intelligent. And an intelligent liar is the worst thing you can have on your staff. You saw what Matt Damon's character did in The Departed before being outsmarted by Marky Mark of all people, didn't you? He screwed everyone over at the workplace royally...in this case with headshots...and nobody had a clue. I can't think of a better way to choose whom from a group of potential candidates to hire, though, so I suppose I can't whine too much.
2) For the love of God, clean up your facebook before you start applying for a real job. When the DM of CVS sees "snorting cocaine" under one of your interests, he will not call you back.
