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Originally Posted by Zoomzoomers
I've been told, point blank, by my boss on several occasions to interview and hire somebody if they meet these criteria...
1. They're not a f**k'n idiot
2. Not a Jerry's kid
3. Are not a member of the Speical Olympics (no offense to these folks)
4. Can put one foot in front of another.
5. Can make a cup of coffee or run out to Starbucks and get the order correct.
All because the pimple faced kid's pop went to school with my boss and he owes him one.
All that stuff would seem pretty normal by most standards, but it's a clear case of the "old boy" network when the kid I'm interviewing got a degree from some state school with a B average when we're not hiring some kid with a degree from U Penn with an A average, uses the word "dude" three times in every sentence and tells me that he doesn't know how to use a HP 12C calculator. This is for a jr. associate position that starts with a six figure salary. Since my industry is largely a middle to upper class affair, these kids usually are upper class white kids from the suburbs. To think that these morons will be running the company some day makes me want to barf!
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cant use an HP 12C!?!? thats blasphemy!!
but like I said, although I'm young to the industry I have seen this happen quite a few times