- Bring your wife, child, best friend, girlfriend with you. - Unless you need a translator, come alone.
- Spray on too much cologne. - It's not the lasting impression you want.
- Display prominent piercings. - We remember you by them and it isn't a good thing.
- Tell us how you have experience in operating equipment that has nothing to do with the job we have open.
- Explain that while you do not have your own car, you will be able to make it to work daily because you have a retired friend who will drive you. - Or that you will ride your bike.
- Wear bling and your baseball hat on backwards.
- Show six pages of references, certifications and resumes, then insist that I read them all. - I get that you are a stellar employee.
- Ask for at least four days notice before I administer your drug test because you just smoked a joint last night.
- Beg to work.
- Call daily to see if anything has changed since the day before.
- Be the only one to send a thank you card but not provide a number that is in service where we can reach you.
- Forget to bathe.
- Talk about your recent diagnosis of Parkinson's.
- Question the rate of pay because you feel you deserve more.
- Name drop employees who have the worst attendance records.
- Ask if we have any work "under the table."
- Insist on speaking to the Owner of the Company and then act surprised when you find out he is not the one who does the hiring.
- Mention how you have a bad back.
- Bodybuilding does not improve your chances at landing a job. - Unless its at a gym.
- Faxing your application and then emailing me about an interview, when the ad clearly says "apply in person". - Duh.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Twenty Things Not To Do When Applying For A Job
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But..But...why do I have to bathe?!
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