job "fair" today at work....ugh

BuckeyeTim
BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
edited November 2010 in The Clubhouse
Today, Thursday, we are having a "job fair" where I work, (a manufacturing facility (tier one automotive supplier)). We are looking to hire about 50 people into positions in almost every department. Everything from assemblers, cnc machinists, maintenance (electrical and mechanical), Design Engineers, Development Engineers, FEA Analysts , Purchasing , Program Management, SAP specialist, etc... There have been notices placed in every paper within 40 or so miles from the company. Unfortunately, I was suckered into doing interviews for 4 hours!! Ugh!

I have conducted maybe 30 or so interviews over the years with this company, but 4 hours straight!?? Not looking forward to it at all. I figure that by the time I am done I will need to go out into the road and pound my forehead into the yellow line.

Anyone want to move to north central Ohio for a job?
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited November 2010
    BuckeyeTim wrote: »
    Anyone want to move to north central Ohio for a job?


    LOL, Sounds like you already started interviewing :biggrin:

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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited November 2010
    disneyjoe7 wrote: »
    LOL, Sounds like you already started interviewing :biggrin:

    Is it that obvious?

    I did make a request for all the hot chicks in mini-skirts...
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited November 2010
    That's a LONG commute Sal.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited November 2010
    It's good that your firm is able to provide jobs to the community during this economically troubled time.Don't think of the interviews as a burden on you but as an opportunity to help someone out.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited November 2010
    That is great news to hear about a hiring job fair for 50 souls !

    just need a few more million or so....

    you are doing a really really good thing !!!
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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited November 2010
    It could be worse....There is a HUGE pool to draw from so hopefully that translates into more talented people being hired.

    I worked for a firm here in Indy (thankfully it finally shut down, after I bailed of course hehe) as a supervisor over the Verizon DSL project. We conducted interviews often and due to the need to basically fill seats and lack of talented folks willing to make what we were offering, we got overrode many times and were forced to hire folks with no IT background at all.....

    I actually had a person I interviewd tell me they had never used a computer before but were confident they would be able to pick it up. They got 3 of the 30 computer questions right and were still HIRED.....

    That is a much bigger nightmare:smile:. So I am gonna send some good thoughts your way and hopefully you can at least find a couple qualified folks today.... Good luck

    and remember Its 5 o'clock somewhere.... :wink:
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  • BuckeyeTim
    BuckeyeTim Posts: 483
    edited November 2010
    Lasareath wrote: »
    Any IT job openings?

    There were none on the list, but I did ask today. Unfortunately, no, not at the moment. Sorry.

    decal wrote: »
    It's good that your firm is able to provide jobs to the community during this economically troubled time. Don't think of the interviews as a burden on you but as an opportunity to help someone out.

    Oh,absolutely! Especially in the auto industry. I hope I am not wrong, but I see this as a good sign. I really don't see the interviews as a burden, I was actually happy to do it. I guess my "ugh" comes from the fact that you know not all applicants are going to cut the mustard. You know you are going to talk to people that have been out of work for a long time, have families to support, and really really need a job....yet you have to send them down the road, so to speak. I hate walking someone to the door knowing that you are not going to call them back.

    When I left at 7:30 pm they were still counting applications and were over 750.
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