By Anonymous September 16, 2014
I only applied for an opening with Greene Personnel because they claimed they had administrative/HR positions for"entry level, recent grads" who are willing to learn and require no experience. Couple days later, Jenelle called me for an interview with 2 positions I may qualify for, she made it sound like I had the right qualifications and after applying for so many jobs I was actually hopeful that this could lead me somewhere. Well I was WRONG!!! I went in and felt they were very unprofessional and I had to take a timed test for them which I'm sure they were talking behind my back after I took it. Jenelle was not only rude but forgetful and asked me why I left my last job 3 times! She then told me that my resume did not have what they were looking for! It was an absolute waste of my time, energy, and gas! Do not ever apply with them or you will regret it. I don't even know how they are still in business!!!!!! ...read more
By WestSide September 18, 2013
Recruiters are lazy and unprofessional. They do not return phone calls and lack experience in recruiting. Raleigh office is made up of recent college grads with little recruiting experience. ...read more
By lalalengthy July 05, 2012
This by far was one of the worst interviews I have ever experienced. First, the office smells like smoke and it was not well run at all. There was no one at the front desk to help me and she had me wait for a lengthy period of time. Once I was finally called back to start the interview, Jenelle was extremely rude and arrogant. She claims she has been in this business for 30 years and feels as if she knows ALL the answers. Wrong. All in all, she basically told me that my degree and major were meaningless and I would never find a good job in my field which is human resources. My advice to anyone seeking to meet her for an interview is to turn the other cheek. She is very unprofessional and impolite. She deserves no stars and I regret not doing my research on her "company" first before visiting. Waste of my time, gas, and energy. She is awful! ...read more
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By Prosperity Solutions February 01, 2010
Recently I have seen posts, news stories and more about the frustration jobseekers feel when they hear or even perceive that they are "overqualified" for a position. Reactions to this by jobseekers can be sublime or severe depending upon the individual and what phase they are in the search. Instead of handling this objection and figuring out what they are doing or not doing to solicit the overqualified comment or sentiment they react. Reacting emotionally to good or even faulty information during a job search can add to the angst. Usually emotional responses don't channel into short-term, productive, job search behavior. A typical jobseeker who has submitted dozens or even hundreds of resumes and hears the "you are overqualified" response may react in these ways: 1. The Angry Retort - this happens over email, on the phone or in person to the messenger. This burns bridges with a potential employer. A rash reaction to an overqualified comment is so out of order it can and almost always damages the person who reacts (the jobseeker). But it happens more often than you might think. For example, I had a client who was told this over the phone and the client told me he just paused. He didn't say anything. Then after an awkward 10 seconds he said thanks in a non-thankful tone and hung up. Can you think of a better response? I can and did coach him. Next time I suggested he probe a bit and say something like this in a very friendly tone:Well thanks for the response. With all of the resumes I am sure you have to view it must be hard to provide specific input to each person. Could you tell me a bit more about what I might do or not do in the future to assure you and your team that this is a position that interests me. Do you think another resume strategy would have helped?To be quite frank, the jobseeker might not have gotten much more feedback but he would have built a much better impression and probably been in line to keep communication open with this recruiter. 2. Take It Personally and Blame Someone - when a jobseeker hears "overqualified" they often decide to blame someone for this problem. The first person they blame often is themselves. Then they turn the blame to other, sometimes well-meaning solution providers who may be advising them - fellow jobseekers, casual jobseeker friends, coaches, resume writers, buddies from way back, relatives, etc. In a vacuum of little responses it may seem as easy as resume strategy to blame or even fretting about career decisions that cannot be retrieved. But what good does finger-pointing do? They ask:Why did I even bother asking(put the name here)advice? Or I shouldn't have even applied. Let me just handle some issues that my clients have dealt with by well-meaning advisors, friends and outplacement providers. I would like to take on a few short cuts that are being touted as complete solutions. Withhold Your Resume - some outplacement providers suggest to follow a train of thought by leaving your resume out of the first line of communication with the company. Leave Out Key Resume Information - some outplacement providers and recent articles suggest so dumbing down your resume and credentials just to earn the interview. Let me summarize some of these short cuts by saying this -You should not try to trick recruiters. You should provide hiring managers with as much background, credible and reliable information you can. You must cater resumes to exactly match your skills to their needs. You should not so dumb down your resume so that when they meet you they find out things that will eliminate you from consideration anyway. Work to network, communicate your value proposition in every bit of communication you have - You, Your References, Your Phone Call, Your Research, Your Networking Before and After Applications, Your Preparation for Overcoming Objections.All that I suggest takes painstaking work to perfect. Even then you are not guaranteed an interview. Be creative, positive and build bridges through personal, Linked in and other networking ways. Above all look for honest, heartfelt and credible ways to answer ads and communicate your value with key hiring decision makers. Do not be afraid to be different. Do not hide from strong qualifications. Do not listen or be influenced by the short cut of the day. This work is hard for all of us. Remember also that someOverqualifiedcomments are just what employers use to say no nicely. The real reason may be they already know who they want to hire. They might already have an insider. So you cannot take it that this is the reason. They may be trying to be nice. Did you ever think of that reason? You might even do the same thing. ...read more
By CareerPro Inc. August 04, 2009
This was a part of an article that led the Ladders this past week: Many families with children decide to build a career around their career. Most people who have children can be called dual-career families. A dual career family like Tom and Maryann Callabrios recently weathered a work-life storm. A successful field engineer for a service related technical firm, Tom states: “With three children under 10, my wife’s career as a CRNA took a lot of time. But we managed. My job took a hit about 10 months ago. As a top field engineer my company sent my job overseas and hired someone half my age at half my base salary - $75,000. We were used to living on what some may say is a lot of money and we filled up the buckets college and retirement vehicles. But with a special needs son with Autism we wanted to cut back and spend more time helping him and our other children. So in a way we had already weathered a work-life storm, a potential lifetime of dealing with a son with special needs. I think I just got very focused on being creative and not just on the money lost.” Mary states: “Any family is a balancing act. Having two career paths is and so is having children. Add a special need and career expectations of two Type A personalities, plans and more change. Being in healthcare I am used to planning for change and dealing with adversity. It’s just a little different when it’s your adversity. Educational plans and provisions for our future always remained important. Until 10 months ago our plan was to make as much money as possible just in case our children and especially our son Cole who has Autism needed more down the road. But I would say our perspective changed a lot. In the last 10 months we not only weathered the storm but put more in perspective about what’s important in life. We had to weather out own little hurricane. It’s probably not too uncommon.” How are you like the Callabrios family? If you or your spouse were to lose your job, would you be able to cover your basic household expenses? Would you have to change your lifestyle? Would cutting back hurt you or actually put a perspective you need on life? What if you have a child with special needs? What if your spouse was layed off What if a spouse got hurt or became unable to perform because of a health issue? Whatever your special circumstance might be here are five ways you can learn from the Calabrios family and prepare for your own named hurricane. The national unemployment rate climbed from 6.1% to 6.7% between September and November of 2008 according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. While the current economic climate doesn’t promise much more than hurricane force winds, you can still put yourself in a strong hurricane ready position with these personal and business steps (at any point in your career). 1. Put Your Family First. Here’s the key to stabilizing any financial situation: spend your time and your money where it makes a difference. This is what will keep a job offer in your back pocket at all times, and it’s what will keep your bank account above the water in any economy. It isn’t as hard as it sounds, and the results will come sooner than you might expect. According to Tom Callabrios, “I really worked on alternative opportunities in field engineering and technology immediately after I was let go. This resulted in cutting my hours from about 60 a week to 45 and not traveling 12 business days a month. I spend more time working with my children and teaching my special needs son reading and a lot more. When I did that along with the business things I should have been doing like hiring a career coach and producing a powerful CV, I saw things just start coming to me in terms of contacts and opportunities.” 2. Adversity Can Bring Out Creativity. Tom got creative about his career and his creative changes led to more than gaining another job. Mary states: “Tom is still able to produce a close to six-figure income but by reinventing his career and cutting back he’s in better health and we are closer. At the time of his layoff we were both seeking marital counseling. It’s almost like adversity brought out our creative side. Now we are closer as a total family.” Tom worked on building his recruiter, friends and other networks. The new position he received was due to his creative processes. Mary says: “Tom helped invent a position that was only lightly advertised. He actually wrote some of the job description himself.” 3. Network Your Network. Even if you’re not currently looking for work, hiring decision-makers need a way to find you. When companies have an urgent need, they will look to the people they know. If someone had a requisition for your ideal job in hand, and you were indeed the perfect candidate for this job, how would that person find you? If you build a strong brand, and you make your name known, job offers will start to appear. “I wanted to keep people informed during my time at work,” says Tom, “so I kept in touch. This helped me trim a long layoff.” He also aggressively and properly developed a powerful online resume, took time to network on Linked In and at other professional and volunteer events. He proactively sought to find new opportunities, advertised and not advertised. 4. No Matter How Much You Make Watch What You Spend. “To be honest,” says Mary, “we were stupid with our money. We leased new cars, bought things we didn’t need and we thought money and things might replace time with our kids. It wasn’t intentional. We now have a work-life that suits our family and we don’t have to buy it all. We are now teaching our kids by example to be responsible, that time is more important than money.” So how long would your family be able to survive on your income, or your spouse’s income alone? What expenses could you eliminate if you had to? Could you pull money out of something that’s currently an expense, and re-invest that money into the development of your personal brand or network? How do you currently spend most of your time and money? Do you keep track of this? And this – do you need to make as much money as you did or can you change your habits, become creative and live on less? Maybe that’s what your family needs. If money’s tight, keep focused on activity that either increases your income or reduces your expenses. Nothing else will make a difference. Unfortunately, in the face of economic storms, it’s easy to get caught up in unproductive distractions. A number of critical brand-building activities don’t yield income right away; it can sometimes be difficult to tell the difference between moving forward and spinning your wheels. In times of economic volatility, hurricanes can form from tropical storms in your own southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. No matter if your income matches that of the Callabrios family or your situation mirrors theirs, consider engaging not just evacuating. The US Government says you should have a “to go bag” in case you have to evacuate from your business or home during a major storm or event. Look at the facts and financials but put you and your family first. Then your next work-life storm could become just another setback that’s a set up for new perspective and opportunity. ...read more
By CareerPro Inc. January 17, 2009
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics periodically releases its updated "Occupational Outlook Handbook." It is a comprehensive analysis of various careers. However, as of late 2011, the job title, "Hiring Manager" is not outlined as an occupation, unlike that of a food service manager or property manage... ...read more
A job interview is a very important part of the hiring process. While employers review resumes, education background and experience, they often make their hiring decision based on the job interview. It is important that you show your true personality, highlight your skills and sell yourself during the... ...read more