My Prosperous World

It’s a sad fact of life that in 2009 / 2010 few are thorough. Whether it is employers seeking to hire a job candidate or for that matter most of us, we are just so overworked to be complete in our jobs and endeavors. In most cases we “just do not have the time”.

It is downright amazing the people in power and in your employ who simply put may well not have the qualifications and credentials that they stated or overstated just a bit , when you hired them. Its a sad fact that in our tough , if not desperate economic times , that more than one fellow employee has ratted on a colleague, as either a matter of keeping their own position in the firm or organization , or simply wants to advance up the career ladder , by helping to create a job opening. Its often amazing what fellow workers know about each other – either by overhearing at the company annual Christmas party , at the water-cooler or just common knowledge.

Unfortunately with our tough and tougher economic times , and even just plain human ingenuity we also appear to be living in times , where many resumes and job references can be somewhat suspect , if not downright misleading. The sad part is that with the internet and the tools available on hand and on line, the tricksters are getting more and more bold, imaginative and even eccentric. On top of that serious looking documents and documentation can be either had easily and cheaply, revised accordingly and appear downright genuine. It’s a tough and tough world out there. Every interviewer and H.R. department employee has to verify and check, even repeatedly and redundantly. It’s as simple as that.

It comes down to facts and figures. Watch out for excessive flowery language , vague statements , references and dates. Be on the watch for over abundant filler text and words. Combination words can be a tip-off. There was a well known and substantiated case of one highly successful job getter who successfully steamed up the career ladder simply by combining and joining words from rows of columns of words chosen from industry jargon. It seems that no one in the interview process dared admit that they had no idea what so ever what the words meant – and to ask would of admitted defeat in the eyes of their colleagues – stated employment agency consultant manager Kirk U. Stephens.

The statement of “figures do not lie , but liars figger”, unfortunately to a great degree has merit. This is why it is most important that if all possible to reduce as many claims as possible to verifiable facts and supporting documentation. These can be checked. In addition many firms employ a series of interviews to allow full time and effort to check data , facts and documents several times ,and from differing experiences as well as vantage points .

In terms of your specific industry or organizational focus : Are educational qualifications both of value to your firm or organization ? Are they old ? Are they new ? Is the candidate a sponge for obtaining and integrating new and additional knowledge and venues or are they effectively just putting in time , waiting for retirement or the giant “golden handshake ” or lucrative sendoff ?

In the end it can be said that thoroughness and inquiry in the hiring process can go a long way to saving time , expended effort and ultimately profitability to any business firm and its departments. Its an exercise well worth its effort and expenditure in time and money and resources.

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