General Well this is a first for me to see on a resume
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Give him an interview and ask for his linksLate 20's guy dropped off a resume for the kitchen. Was scanning through his work history and he listed Social media creator/influencer for the past 5 years as one of his jobs.
Has anyone else seen this?
I was honestly thinking that, I can promote him to head of our social media if he is any good!
Nope. But I have seen some things over the years when it comes to applications and resumes.
My favorite is we had an application with notebook lines on the back page to explain any felony if you checked the "i have a felony" box. One guy wrote in giant letters diagonally across the entire page "DOES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNT?". Both domestic and violence were misspelled.
My favorite is we had an application with notebook lines on the back page to explain any felony if you checked the "i have a felony" box. One guy wrote in giant letters diagonally across the entire page "DOES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNT?". Both domestic and violence were misspelled.
Sounds like a dynamic go-getter with upper management written all over him.
I loved the ones where they would list the conviction and then write just after, but I can explain. Lol, no you won't.
I've always wondered if he was just filling out applications to keep his unemployment. If so it's clever. I wouldn't hire him but clever.
I loved the ones that would come in, fill out an application and then ask me to sign their unemployment form showing they are applying. Yeah no, you aren't interested in a job, you are just trying to maintain benefits.
Yep, you have to lead them. What are your hobbies, why are you applying here, etc. The labor pool since Covid has fallen off the cliff for small local businesses.
I hired a guy a month ago and he lasted 2 days. I started him on the slowest day possible when it was snowing and he was asking the rest of the kitchen staff if it was always this busy, he wasn't sure if he could handle the pace.
So my staff came and told me this, I sat down with him the next day and asked him straight out do you think you can handle this? Yesterday was probably the slowest day we have had in a year and we are headed into a busy weekend. If you were overwhelmed with yesterday you are going to have a mental breakdown with what is coming in the next two days.
He told me he wasn't sure, he just wasn't used to the pace and such a large menu. I told him you don't have to know the whole menu at this point, you will be trained on one position and then expand your knowledge from there.
He told me he would work the next 2 days and then let me know what he decided.
See ya buddy, I'm not wasting 20 hours of labor for you to tell me you don't want to work here. He was shocked by this.
And this guy had like 10 years experience in a broad range of restaurants. Blew my mind. I have 16 year olds that are laughing and joking all night long while kicking ass on the line and he was overwhelmed.
Pretty much, the stories I could tell over my almost 40 year career. I had one crazy server that grabbed a pair of scissors, walked into the bathroom and came out with her sleeves cut off her shirt, looked like a wife beater.
I asked her why she did that, she said she was hot and I wouldn't turn down the ac enough for her. Mind you the AC was set on 72.
Clock out and go home. Your last check will be here next friday.