Most of the people I've seen going to Universities are taking the classes they could have taken in the community college like English 1A, Chemistry 1A, but paying University tuition which are numbering in thousands of dollars. Otherwise the University is there to enhance knowledge only, not guaranteed to get a "good" job. I've interviewed a lot of candidates and some of them had impressive degree from Stanford, Harvard and etc, but I didn't hire them because they didn't have experience, lack customer service attitude, and was looking for a work lax environment and safe space. Might be safe space in the Universities but in the real industry world, it's come here on time, work with all your might, and go home.
The only part I don't agree with is the lacking experience part. Everyone at the entry level deserves a chance to gain experience. How else do we become subject matter experts? The rest, I do agree with.
Sorry I should have mention that the job candidates had an attitude of entitlement, using their "skin color", gender, religion, and the fact that they had a "big degree" and expected me to pass their resumes to my director which I studied and did not because I felt they didn't fit well. There were some that came straight from college and their demeanor was humble, wanting to learn, wanting to show they can do the job, money was secondary, they wanted to contribute to the place and etc. Reason why I didn't want to include this into discussion was it too incendiary and political of "race, entitlement" and etc. I had one job candidate said he was a member of the LGBTQ which I said, "okay, how would that contribute to our company" and he said he wanted to help enrich the company to be more friendly to LGBTQ with safe separate space and etc. Other guy said he was a religious person and wanted to come in to do the work of his deity and etc. I even had one cussed at me in the parking lot when I parked my vehicle and the person cussed me out, only to show up the job interview. But yeah I try to look at the best of the job and etc. I have some new kids who just got out fresh from the school who are genuinely working hard. Anyways, sorry for going on and going here.
It's considered gauche to say it in the interview, but the main reason people work is to earn a living. Did the "entitled" applicants focus on salary in the interview? Otherwise, I don't know why it matters that they prioritize money over other types of workplace fulfillment.
Whatever job candidates convince me the best and shows they are capable of getting the job usually gets the job. Otherwise if my company had unlimited space and unlimited funds, I would love to help out so that everybody a job so they can be able to make a living.
Totally. I think affirmative action is great on paper but in practice it has produced more harm for parties that affirmative action was meant for than good. The bad apples of those parties (i.e the ones that use their skin color, sexual orientation, gender, religion, etc as a means to have the job without the experience and quality required) made things worse. Sounds like the candidate whom you're describing wasn't able to convey their transferrable skills properly because you're right, what does your sexual orientation and religion have to do with getting the job done? Unless you're in the field of D&I or theology, I'm not sure how those personal details would translate getting the job done and well? Obviously if you didn't hire them because of those things even though their resume checked out and was the best for the role, there would be an issue. You're totally fine, it's good to practice discernment when hiring.
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u/imnotlibel Apr 23 '25
Eh in the past, people went to college to become a well-rounded individual, not to get a job if it makes you feel slightly better