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Quote from: TexasRedNeck on August 13, 2015, 12:09:46 AMThe more we get over educated kids with no work ethic to the more the basics become the basis for the cut.I hire highly compensted employees and I could care less about advanced degrees that their parents paid good money for to spend 8-10 years in college only to graduate and have zero common sense (street smarts)I look for competitive sports, military service, employment history (no gaps and more than a year or two with each company), and I've gotten good at vetting out the embellishments in the resume. I want someone who has realistic expectations: They must outwork the people around them and bust their hump if they are to get ahead. Manners, work ethics, and street smarts, and a good attitude mean much more to me than some sheepskin.Herb Kelleher, SW Airlines said. Give me someone with a great attitude and I can train them to do anything.So you never hire anybody with an advanced degree? That's a shame, there's lots of us out there that work our asses off :/I learned a ton in my masters program, and paid my sheepskin myself. No regrets whatsoever.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
The more we get over educated kids with no work ethic to the more the basics become the basis for the cut.I hire highly compensted employees and I could care less about advanced degrees that their parents paid good money for to spend 8-10 years in college only to graduate and have zero common sense (street smarts)I look for competitive sports, military service, employment history (no gaps and more than a year or two with each company), and I've gotten good at vetting out the embellishments in the resume. I want someone who has realistic expectations: They must outwork the people around them and bust their hump if they are to get ahead. Manners, work ethics, and street smarts, and a good attitude mean much more to me than some sheepskin.Herb Kelleher, SW Airlines said. Give me someone with a great attitude and I can train them to do anything.
I think it's a person to person basis in any interview process. I have a job opening right now..because we have so many irrigation wells and ponds we employ a water conservation "expert" if at all possible. It's to our advantage to have a person with credentials as a buffer between us and the State. The above said, the last fella I took a look at had a impressive educational background. He seemed to have a decent work ethic as well which was attractive...but at the end of our interview he asked me if he had to drive a 4x4. When I said yes it's pretty much a requirement, that and a ATV he got nervous and said he had no training on either one. I then mentioned I was not in the habit to extend training on such equipment much past handing him the keys... he said he wasn't sure he wanted the job. When i asked why he said he wasn't comfortable learning on his own....My new add may in the future read: If you can read and count, and drive a 4x4 please apply... I will work out the rest latter.
Very true Nate. Most of my hires are not from sifted resumes. They are from networking and referrals. Making a connection via LinkedIn or some other way is important.