Author: Peter Norrie
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Avery or Jaime?
I would choose someone like Jaime, because in general, consistency is the most important factor that any employee can have. Consistency is the type of guarantee that gives the most peace of mind in my opinion, even on the hardest days where an employee might be the most motivated to slack off, they still can…
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Week 4: Critiquing A Recruitment Ad
Recently I have realized what unique value I can offer as an employee is versatility, at every job I have been a part of up to this point, I always wanted inherently to try every possible position I could at that job. Early on in my working career I recognized I had this feeling that…
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Week 3 Blog Post: Job Descriptions
My current jobs matched their job descriptions offered about each position remarkably closely, that being said however the simplicity in what the job descriptions actually were made it more appealing to me to actually pick them. I knew exactly what I was looking for before even actually starting the job search, two part-time kitchen jobs…
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Week 2: Experiences with Discrimination
This question is a tough one because it all comes down to what level of tolerance I have for an individual businesses ethical violations, and claims of discrimination are probably the worst kind of ethical violation a business could engage in. If a business was so backwards that it chose to not hire a candidate…
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Week 1 – Blog Post: The Case for Recruitment & Selection
If an organization decides to put more of a focus on the marketing and product design aspects of their business, they can do so with a potential level of success inherent to this kind of decision, even if it does not give credence to robust hiring practices, which have been shown to be the most…
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Week 1 – Blog Post: The Case for Recruitment & Selection
Since I moved out of Corvallis to finish up my degree online, I was looking for a more transitionary work schedule that also took up a good amount of my time so I could save for the future, when I do eventually graduate. I ended up getting two kitchen jobs that played well off of…