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Doesn’t sound that critical.

 

If it’s critical thinking I want, I’ll ask a woman.

 

I presume you were interviewing for office based jobs? Even then, wouldn’t relevant experience be at least as significant as educational qualifications?

 

They were support worker jobs mainly, with a few deputy and assistant manager roles in there and now and again a more senior management role. Given the nature of the job, relevant experience was an essential criteria, so you wouldn't even get an interview without it.

But for those who made the shortlist, I'd then be looking for something a bit extra. That could be some experience, or educational attainment. If somebody had a degree, it would demonstrate that they could work to deadlines, under pressure and would be able create presentations etc.

 

I've spent a lot of my career recruiting. And having shortlisted applications for interviews I was just looking for someone who wasn't bullshitting.

 

Anyone who can live up to an application shortlisted is worth hiring.

 

The amount of guff that comes out in interview when you press candidates on the stuff they've put on their application

 

I tend to agree but the scenes outside pubs in York over the weekend is blatantly a bunch of fckwits acting like fcwits.

 

Did you find what you was looking for?

 

Kids will be kids mate. I'd be pretty pissed off if someone stole my late teens and early youth with a lockdown. So though I'm not happy about it, i prefer not to judge them either. Whereas middle age people, seem to get their kicks at a packed B&Q, not me I hasten to add.

 

Very rarely tbh. No joke.

On the point of graduates I think the biggest problem in teaching/teachers is that the vast majority go straight into a (40 year+) public sector career at 21 having never experienced the real world. I'd advocate nobody going into teaching until they'd done at least 5 years in the private sector. Understand what the real world is like.

This is slightly unrelated but one of my regular questions - which had little to do with the interview and more just out of curiosity, was "Name someone famous you admire and why". The number of ppl who replied "my dad" only for me to say "oh, your dad was famous... do tell" Then laugh and tell them to gtfo!

 

Not sure if we're talking about the same thing but it weren't just kids at kicking out time outside those pubs. Looked like all ages.

 

Fair enough mate.

 

uni is full of dossers stretching their non working life as much as possible because they can and fair play to them...I was one of them...it didn’t really take any chutzpahs...I did get a qualification though...still. The kid who was working his bollocks off doing an apprenticeship 5 days a week at such a young age...that’s chutzpah...I’d hire him.

Uni is very important...I just do t think anyone can talk about it like it’s some kind of science that separates the weak from the strong.

it was one big ****ing doss but like I said..I got a certificate at the end of it so everyone thinks I’m smarter than the average bear

im not

 

What is Chutzpah ?

 

Jewish break dancing

 

You remember break dancing as well.??
You is old

 

im 44

 

Ok getting on a bit

 

how old are you?