I'm sitting here at Starbucks with my 6:30 interviewee for an employment opportunity.
....oh wait, he's not here.
I did get an email at 6:11 asking me if there was any other way to get to the RSM Starbucks, other than using the toll road?
FAIL!
My wife thinks I'm not nice because I schedule all of my interviewee's, for potential employment, early in the morning. I told her that 6:30 is not early, it's late:-) Besides, how else am I going to see if they can show up for work each day on time.
...and today is a perfect example of why I do things this way.
I can't tell you how many people have not shown up for interviews....and these are the people I have already hand selected from a stack of resumes.
There are many tactics one can do to make a great first impression at an interview, but the top three are:
1. Show up
2. Show up
3. Show up early
My customers don't want excuses, they want someone at the door, exactly when I've told them they'll be there. Even though this has happened repeatedly, I am always surprised that this happens...especially in today's economy and market.
And no, he didn't get the job. At one minute late, I won't even interview someone.
Some have accused me of being too hard on the people I'm looking to hire.
...what do you think?
