Comments on: Looking for an intern who can follow instructions http://www.mypunchbowl.com/blog/2009/02/06/looking-for-an-intern-who-can-follow-instructions/ Party Planning and Online Invitations with MyPunchbowl Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Barbara Hart http://www.mypunchbowl.com/blog/2009/02/06/looking-for-an-intern-who-can-follow-instructions/#comment-10759 Barbara Hart Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:35:10 +0000 http://www.mypunchbowl.com/blog/2009/02/06/looking-for-an-intern-who-can-follow-instructions/#comment-10759 Good morning, Stephanie. You and I agree. Write ads with clear instructions and indicate what you are looking for in a candidate and in their application. If they don't comply -- they may not follow directions, they are not detail oriented enough, and they haven't learned to market themselves. Our job is not to instruct candidates. Our job is to find the best fit for the organization and then, work with and instruct the successful intern. Stick with your guns! Good morning, Stephanie. You and I agree. Write ads with clear instructions and indicate what you are looking for in a candidate and in their application. If they don’t comply — they may not follow directions, they are not detail oriented enough, and they haven’t learned to market themselves. Our job is not to instruct candidates. Our job is to find the best fit for the organization and then, work with and instruct the successful intern. Stick with your guns!

]]> By: Mark http://www.mypunchbowl.com/blog/2009/02/06/looking-for-an-intern-who-can-follow-instructions/#comment-10750 Mark Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:23:52 +0000 http://www.mypunchbowl.com/blog/2009/02/06/looking-for-an-intern-who-can-follow-instructions/#comment-10750 Nice to see Stephanie weigh in on this issue. I am glad that Matt has you on board, he sometimes needs advice that he doesn't realize he needs. I will speak to him personally about his Blogging on this, but having recruited and for five years taught R & S Seminars, I do know that every once in a great while there is a "feeling" that you can pick up on. Some times this is because it reminds us of ourselves or someone we know, and other times, there is truly a "gem in the rough." But the point I want to make here is a little bit different than what I have seen in the Blogs. You need to ask why "most of the candidates aren’t following the instructions we gave them for applying!" With all of the media about Internet scams, maybe people might be apprehensive about creating a user account. Matt can tell you that I am "an old fart" and I am not current on today's classifieds. Do other companies ask potential recruits to do the things you are asking? I like your idea of this being, somewhat, of a test but I am not sure this is the right time or place for the test. I guess you can say I agree with both of your styles and if you are both involved in the selection process, you may be getting the best of both worlds. Nice to see Stephanie weigh in on this issue. I am glad that Matt has you on board, he sometimes needs advice that he doesn’t realize he needs. I will speak to him personally about his Blogging on this, but having recruited and for five years taught R & S Seminars, I do know that every once in a great while there is a “feeling” that you can pick up on. Some times this is because it reminds us of ourselves or someone we know, and other times, there is truly a “gem in the rough.”

But the point I want to make here is a little bit different than what I have seen in the Blogs. You need to ask why “most of the candidates aren’t following the instructions we gave them for applying!”

With all of the media about Internet scams, maybe people might be apprehensive about creating a user account. Matt can tell you that I am “an old fart” and I am not current on today’s classifieds. Do other companies ask potential recruits to do the things you are asking?

I like your idea of this being, somewhat, of a test but I am not sure this is the right time or place for the test. I guess you can say I agree with both of your styles and if you are both involved in the selection process, you may be getting the best of both worlds.

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