Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Acceptable deception.
I understand that people form judgments based on first sight. I think that one of the biggest things I took away from high school is how to make people believe I am some thing I am not, or something that I am only about 2% of the time. Job interviews, resumes. Good grief. I cannot even begin to number the people who I have hired or helped hire because of how well they presented themselves, and then ended up completely disappointed by my decision because I had been tricked. It’s like how in my culture we are taught to say “yeah, uh huh, then what” and nod our head when we listen to people talk. How many times have I been thinking more about how to look like I am listening by acting as described above instead of truly listening to what is being said? I don’t know. It drives me crazy, for how results oriented my culture is, its indoctrination seems kind of counter-productive. Maybe I just do not understand as well as I think I do.
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There was a pretty interesting article about this phenomenon is GQ. It talks about the relationship between employee and employer and how it is such a gamble that people take, creating that relationship based solely on a couple of interviews. One thing that they mentioned, (ironic that I should repeat it in the medium) is that most people have posted something about themselves online. The article suggested that, if you really want to get a sense of someone's personallity, or how they attempt to portray themselves away from a interview environment, look them up on myspace or google them. I refuse to proofread this comment, so I apologize for any typos. --Jake
That is a really great idea. I have hired quite a few people that I am excited about from an interview and then end up praying for them to quit. Even if you call references if it is a company they have worked for usually they are not legally allowed to tell you anything except to verify employment. I had never thought to Google them.
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