Wednesday, January 26, 2011
I'm amused with majority of job seekers' attitude. After being involved in hiring for about a year, here are my little findings:
- They come for interview, not knowing what position they are applying for.
- They come for interview without any preparation, not even some background study of the organization.
- They do not know what are their skills.
- They are not able to sell their good points or talk about improvement opportunities.
- They come in tongue-tied. The most I could ever get out of them is either yes, no or *silence..* (!!) Sometimes I don't feel like helping them at all with some probing questions. If you dont respect your job opportunities, get your arse out!
- Not bringing a pen along. Hello! You plan to use your blood to fill in application forms?
- Come for interviews and talk bad about the job they wish to leave. Hmmmm digging your own grave people!
- Being late. Enough said. My worst case was the candidate was late for 45 mins. And because she was recommended by a friend, I sat in and listened to her for 10 mins and thanked her for her time. I'm not adjusting my other schedules for people like that. And no, she did not get the job despite having close connection with internal people.
- You call them to schedule an interview, and they tell you " Uhmm cannot la i think.. After Chinese New Year can ah? Month end la now". You think your father owns the company ah??
Seriously if I'm seeking for a job, I'd be more than happy to receive a call, and I'd be really enthusiatic about meeting up. Needless to say, I chucked the resume into the "Rejected" bins. So long! Good luck with finding a job after CNY.. (yep, I can be kinda sarcastic at times...)
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Random thought for the day.. do you realize that sometimes we give ourselves excuses to be lazy?
Few lazy acts that I'm prone to:
- Finishing a drink and leave the can / cup on the table (so that I'll throw it later)
- Torn a plastic to get the mini spoon for my night cream (sooo tempted to leave the plastic on the table again while it just take 2 steps to the bin)
- Leaving the dishes to "soak", wash them later
Haha there I've confessed.
Not proud of these, am gradually changing.
Now fess up! :P
Monday, January 3, 2011
Came across these while reading The Sun, beautiful:
~ You don't pursue happiness. It comes to you when you give it to others.
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~When we give happiness to the world, our stock of happiness increases.
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~ Happiness is not in things, people or physical comforts, but it is in the mind.
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:) Happy Monday. Tomorrow would be my first working day of 2011.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
With some basic necessities.
Every year end, I'd be busy looking for organizers. One that I can carry around and scribble whenever thoughts come visiting. I'd prefer bigger ones, but they are a hassle to carry around. And add weight to my bag, which I plan to downsize (bag's weight) this year...
This year I was gifted two, so no need to buy heh. Am really liking this, but at the same time, I'm relying more on my Nokia E71. Its the best investment I've made, and I love it that after 2 years, this baby works just as well :D
So see if I could get rid of those purchases receipts regularly this year, eh?
I do get a lil lazy every now and then with the recording, but I want to track those $$$ I spent..
... each time I come across chocolate milk. Lol.
You love giving me chocolate milk each time its your game day, knowing I'd be lazy to fix myself a proper meal :P
Look at this one.. it came with a limited edition straw!
Ha ha..
<3
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Today The Mentor taught me something valuable about being a people manager. Forget about honesty.
"You're too honest sometimes, Foxy.. that won't benefit you in the long run."
I confess, I am surprised.. shocked even. Maybe slightly disappointed too. Everything that I learned.. starting from school; values that my parents instilled in me.. aren't gonna benefit me in life?
But by the end of our conversation, I understood why the above is necessary.
So are honesty and integrity just values that exist in the Moral textbooks and education syllabus? Hate to admit this, but this might be half true :(
"Foxy, most managers don't think like you do. Most aren't people oriented leaders. They focus too much on the team's performance and results, and that are all they care."
I digested this in silence, over a bowl of hot steaming tom yum noodles. Merde! The Mentor has a point. How many leaders actually care about their staffs? Are they happy? What stresses them? Do they need help in closing the gaps in performance? What do they need for their own personal development?
Reflecting this myself, of so many leaders I have had; there is only one that I worship. The Ex Boss. Almost Perfect. Unfortunately she succumbed into the pressure from the upper management's idiots. I felt sorry when The Ex Boss left. So far there is no one as good as she was.. and she is doing even better somewhere else.
(Yep, I work in a world full of corporate slaves. I see mis-doings and hear stories about violating integrity all the time.)
Earlier that day, I felt like labeling The Boss a confused incompetent soul. Then I changed my mind because (insert the worst label) suits him more. One minute in the morning he had wanted to retain his talents with the team and asked me to gauge their interest in staying on. Guess what?
That very evening he had a different version. He don't think The Talented Two are worth the position here. WTF? It is skillset vs attitude. As he complained and whined about how his team has all the bad apples with attitude problems, he is setting The Talented Two (who happens to be young, but capable of doing a good job) aside. Reason?
They lack of the initiative, pro-activeness and maturity in thinking. I swear, he could pass as a screwed bitch going thru hell of a menopause season! Hello, tell me how often do you come across fresh grads who comes in and automatically can be proactive / mature / have endless pots of initiatives? Aren't this the leader's role to COACH them? I was boiling blood inside dealing with him.. sigh. Such a xxxxxxx!
So ok, he is a (again insert label).. but why Cunning (label)?
Well The Mentor revealed "if you become too transparent with him, he will use you to his benefits. He will definitely keep absorbing the good talents from you, those that you put so much efforts into coaching. In the end, things would never change, but you would be exhausted from getting all the rotten people. He knows he is incapable of producing good people like you, so.. *shrugs*"
Merde merde merde! Il est un vrai bâtard!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
I don't like to avoid addressing problems. That is one thing that upsets me alot. If I see an issue, I'd wanna fix it pronto. Though mentally I'd like to snap and drill common sense into people, in life I'd really really like to keep that as last option on earth.
But, some problem naturally have to be fixed asap before it is too late.
Hmmm I think I might have an adopted employee who has chronic lateness syndrome. It was raised to my attention yesterday and I was unpleasantly surprised of this piece of news.
So after a lil information collecting for the team, I found out that Ms Late is:
- Consistently late (we're talking about over 30 mins late here hello!)
- Consistently not showing up for work. With excuses like migraine / not well / pressured. Hmm try doing my job and she might have to sleep in a coffin then?
- As she does not report to me, I doubt she submits proper medical leave applications or even annual leave. So I'll have to start bugging The Boss for some investigation.
- So she comes in late. She goes back riggggght on time babe! And not owning the team's collective work volume is a huge reason asking for herself to be slapped.
- Has just broken up with her boyfriend. Ahhh sucha lame excuse missy! Who hasn't broken up before? Totally incapable of managing your own issues. Boo.
I caught her many times on Youtube at work. Whoa, if you are late, not helping the team, and you still have time for Youtube, AND at the same time feeling preassured, I suggest you try waitressing instead. Say, Hooters?
So this is what managing feels at times.. It feels like being a parent.
Only with over 20 kids, hell thank god I don't have any real kids..
Now I'll get back to see which approach I'll use to tackle Ms Late...
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