The Recruiting Nightmare #10 – People Hate You

I’ve spent a lot of time looking at the pains of recruiting.  But there’s one result of all the pain that’s  . . . well painful . . .

One of the things I experience in coaching, writing, and speaking on jobs is that people are rarely happy with recruiters and HR in general.  They’re upset they didn’t get jobs, they aren’t happy (understandably) with the system, and this often gets taken out on the poor sod who has to tell them they didn’t get the job.  In short, people often have some Hate Rage for recruiters.

It’s easy to blame the economy, but that’s abstract.  Politics is the same.  Hating the companies themselves is old hat.  But when I’ve talked to people about recruiters and HR, I get a lot of negative feelings about them, expressed quite verbally and colorfully.

Recruiters?  They know this.  They know people aren’t happy.  part of their job literally involves doing things that will get them hated for no good reason.

Try that on for a giant pile of annoying.

It’s not fair to them, but really, it’s not easy.  A huge amount of their job is rejecting people, not hiring people, and finding more people who are, by the odds, not getting hired.  A lot of the job of a recruiter is rejection.

People don’t really cut them enough slack as far as I’m concerned.  But they live with it.

JOB SEEKER TIPS:

  • Just be nice to the recruiters.  Really, because there’s enough people probably being jerks to them.

HELP OUT RECRUITERS:

  • Part of a recruiter’s job is rejecting people.  you may be able to help them communicate better with the rejected if they’re rejecting people in your profession or similar professions.

GEEK EXTRA:

  • I’d like to see a website about “recruiter confessions,” including how recruiters take rejecting people.

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

The Rabbit Hole Of Stupid

You may be late for a very important date, but then something stupid on the internet appears and you become even more late.

The internet allows us to get all kinds of news, information, commentary, and of course, examples of blatant human ignorance and venality.  The latter can come in many forms: it could be ignorant comments on a news article, a story on an excessive idiocy, or an artifact of pure drivel.  Whatever form, it’s distracting.

When you see the stupid, you get curious.  You have to read the comment, then see how people respondent.

When you see the stupid, you have to find out more.  You click the link to read about the latest atrocity of human intellect.

When you see the stupid, you have to face the stupid.  You read an entire article manufactured from delusions and deliberate idiocy just to find out how bad it is.

Then, your time is gone.  It won’t be coming back.  The stupid grabbed your curiosity and absconded with your time, and you helped it.

Anyone can spend hours down the rabbit hole of stupid.  It’s intriguing, fascinating, horrifying, and you have to follow it.  Don’t think I’m immune, my natural curiosity has taken me to some dark places where idiocy shined brightest of all.

I’m not proposing a moratorium on avoiding dumb things; just we be more aware of how we’re easily distracted by them.  If you don’t think this is a problem, then remember you just spent how many minutes reading a blog post on how stupid things can be, so I may have just become part of the problem . . .

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

Latest Seventh Sanctum Generator (Well, More Or Less)

So you know I’m trying to finish up a new generator for Seventh Sanctum – and it it works it’ll be the next contest.  The idea?  Pop culture inspired fashions!

Here’s some sample results:

  • Design Challenge: Ball gown based on The Eye of Vecna (D&D)
  • Design Challenge: Dinner Suit based on Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony)
  • Design Challenge: Evening gown based on Bumblebee (Transformers)
  • Design Challenge: Lingerie based on Galadriel (Lord of the Rings)
  • Design Challenge: Men’s Business Suit based on The One Ring
  • Design Challenge: Men’s Casual Outfit based on Imperial Tie Fighter (Star Wars)
  • Design Challenge: Men’s Casual Outfit based on The Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel Comics)
  • Design Challenge: Men’s Dance Club Outfit based on Rincewind (Discworld)
  • Design Challenge: Men’s Dance Club Outfit based on The Death Star
  • Design Challenge: Men’s Dance Club Outfit based on The Eye of Vecna (D&D)
  • Design Challenge: Men’s Gym Outfit based on Captain Kirk (Star Trek)
  • Design Challenge: Men’s Swimsuit based on Green Lantern
  • Design Challenge: Men’s Winter Coat based on Stormbringer (Elric series)
  • Design Challenge: Men’s Winter Coat based on The TARDIS (Doctor Who)
  • Design Challenge: Muumuu based on Pikachu (Pokemon)
  • Design Challenge: Muumuu based on The Eye of Vecna (D&D)
  • Design Challenge: Tuxedo based on Iron Man
  • Design Challenge: Wedding Suit based on Wonder Woman
  • Design Challenge: Women’s Business Uniform based on Aeris
  • Design Challenge: Women’s Business Uniform based on Optimus Prime
  • Design Challenge: Women’s Dance Club Outfit based on Imperial Tie Fighter (Star Wars)
  • Design Challenge: Women’s Gymwear based on Jynx (Pokemon)
  • Design Challenge: Women’s Military Uniform based on Delenn (Babylon 5)
  • Design Challenge: Yukata based on Delenn (Babylon 5)
  • Design Challenge: Yukata based on Fafhrd

So if people like it, let me know!

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.