Comments on: Encounter with a job hunting teenager http://write-solution.com/2010/04/18/encounter-with-a-job-hunting-teenager/ Pragmatic Job Search Advice Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:00:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: House For Sale In Mississauga http://write-solution.com/2010/04/18/encounter-with-a-job-hunting-teenager/comment-page-1/#comment-4391 House For Sale In Mississauga Sat, 08 Oct 2011 02:18:45 +0000 http://write-solution.com/?p=911#comment-4391 A rather nice post. I just stumbled upon your post and needed to say that I have definitely enjoyed surfing around your weblog posts. Thanks to this I will be subscribing to your rss feed and I wish you write again shortly! A rather nice post. I just stumbled upon your post and needed to say that I have definitely enjoyed surfing around your weblog posts. Thanks to this I will be subscribing to your rss feed and I wish you write again shortly!

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]]> By: Dawn http://write-solution.com/2010/04/18/encounter-with-a-job-hunting-teenager/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Dawn Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:24:59 +0000 http://write-solution.com/?p=911#comment-571 Dawn - (GREAT name. LOL) Hubby told me tonight the young man in question landed an interview. Know what? He wore a tie to the interview. Know what else? He GOT the job. In my own small mind, I'd like to think I helped make that happen. It never hurts to be reminded to breathe once in awhile. And you're sooooo right about it being in our blood. I'd rather have him momentarily upset, than miss an opportunity in the future. When he's the CEO of a Fortune 100 company, I hope he remembers the buzzkill who played a minuscule role in helping him reach his greatest potential. Loved your college student story. The way I see it, if they want to be told they're wonderful, they'll ask mom and their friends. If they want the truth, they'll engage and listen to an objective third party. THANKS for stopping by and adding such value to the conversation. Dawn – (GREAT name. LOL)

Hubby told me tonight the young man in question landed an interview. Know what? He wore a tie to the interview. Know what else? He GOT the job. In my own small mind, I’d like to think I helped make that happen.

It never hurts to be reminded to breathe once in awhile. And you’re sooooo right about it being in our blood. I’d rather have him momentarily upset, than miss an opportunity in the future. When he’s the CEO of a Fortune 100 company, I hope he remembers the buzzkill who played a minuscule role in helping him reach his greatest potential.

Loved your college student story. The way I see it, if they want to be told they’re wonderful, they’ll ask mom and their friends. If they want the truth, they’ll engage and listen to an objective third party.

THANKS for stopping by and adding such value to the conversation.

]]> By: Dawn Lennon http://write-solution.com/2010/04/18/encounter-with-a-job-hunting-teenager/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Dawn Lennon Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:35:44 +0000 http://write-solution.com/?p=911#comment-570 Dawn, this was just too good! Kudos to you for speaking up. Better that a dose of reality come from you before this young man faces the downside of not sprucing up his look. You remind me of a college student who was part of a mock interview session with me. He was a nice young man from the mid-West, smart enough to remove his earing and wear a suit. He was nervous and did his best. At the end, I complimented him and then added, "It's my responsibility to advise you on some subtleties: First, press your shirt (it looked like he'd slept in it. A jacket only covers so much); have your pants tailors so that they don't lay like a potato sack over your shoes (okay, I softened that), and try a bit a polish on your footware." I felt I owed it to that young man, just like you did. That's what it means to be a service business. It's just in our blood! Great post! Dawn, this was just too good! Kudos to you for speaking up. Better that a dose of reality come from you before this young man faces the downside of not sprucing up his look.

You remind me of a college student who was part of a mock interview session with me. He was a nice young man from the mid-West, smart enough to remove his earing and wear a suit. He was nervous and did his best. At the end, I complimented him and then added, “It’s my responsibility to advise you on some subtleties: First, press your shirt (it looked like he’d slept in it. A jacket only covers so much); have your pants tailors so that they don’t lay like a potato sack over your shoes (okay, I softened that), and try a bit a polish on your footware.”

I felt I owed it to that young man, just like you did. That’s what it means to be a service business. It’s just in our blood! Great post!

]]> By: Gayle Howard http://write-solution.com/2010/04/18/encounter-with-a-job-hunting-teenager/comment-page-1/#comment-568 Gayle Howard Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:17:28 +0000 http://write-solution.com/?p=911#comment-568 Really enjoyed the post Dawn. I guess there were a few pluses for this young man. He called you "Ma'am" (so the kid had manners. How many these days would have smart-mouthed back?). He was wanting a job (there are plenty who don't and are happy just to lean on the walls with a sour expression). He was keen enough to do something about a job on a Sunday (initiative?) and he was going to the gym (he was potentially fit and energetic and wanted to stay that way). So while you may have been a grumpy ol' buzzkill, your intervention for this young man, may just have been the one missing link he needed to make a perfect package. Good for him and good for you too! Really enjoyed the post Dawn. I guess there were a few pluses for this young man. He called you “Ma’am” (so the kid had manners. How many these days would have smart-mouthed back?). He was wanting a job (there are plenty who don’t and are happy just to lean on the walls with a sour expression). He was keen enough to do something about a job on a Sunday (initiative?) and he was going to the gym (he was potentially fit and energetic and wanted to stay that way). So while you may have been a grumpy ol’ buzzkill, your intervention for this young man, may just have been the one missing link he needed to make a perfect package. Good for him and good for you too!

]]> By: Julie Walraven | Resume Services http://write-solution.com/2010/04/18/encounter-with-a-job-hunting-teenager/comment-page-1/#comment-563 Julie Walraven | Resume Services Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:21:57 +0000 http://write-solution.com/?p=911#comment-563 I know the feeling, Dawn. I've coached clients on what to wear and for the unfortunate young person who wanders into my home office... and with two sons, now 23 and 24, over the years, I have had plenty of young people wander through, they say job hunt and the resume writer's ears perk up. And I have been known to say, remember to... "cut your hair, wear your best clothes, change your shoes..." You know what, now those young people call me, Facebook me, ask me to coach them on how to prepare for the next interview... Just keep on being a buzzkill! :-) I know the feeling, Dawn. I’ve coached clients on what to wear and for the unfortunate young person who wanders into my home office… and with two sons, now 23 and 24, over the years, I have had plenty of young people wander through, they say job hunt and the resume writer’s ears perk up. And I have been known to say, remember to… “cut your hair, wear your best clothes, change your shoes…” You know what, now those young people call me, Facebook me, ask me to coach them on how to prepare for the next interview… Just keep on being a buzzkill! :-)

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