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Subject: Re: How to win them over at the interview...
From: Carson
Posted: Fri Jan 18. 2002, 08:14 UTC
Followup to: "Re: How to win them over at the interview..."  by Dave  (Fri Jan 18. 2002, 05:20 UTC)
> Experience isn't always what you think it is.  Getting the first 
> interview with the right person is.  There are too many "wannabe's" 
> out there that do the interviewing.  We call them trolls, gaurding 
> the bridge to a job.  But if you get the right person, realize what 
> troubles he/she has gone through.  Untrustworthy staff, lazy workers, 
> just get by workers, etc., etc.  Take a guess at what he/she is 
> trying to find?  A diamond in the rough.  A confident person that 
> looks people in the eye, pays attention, shows respect and gives that 
> person a feeling of confidence.  Confidence that if you were hiredm 
> you could probably be left alone from time to time because you could 
> handle it!  Getting hired is one of my specialties.  I have been on 
> both sides of that fence.  As long as I had an interview with the 
> correct person (not a troll), then I could get the job based upon the 
> interview and how I handled questions.
> Email me back if this helps or if you have questions.
> Dave

I hear what you are saying, but it seems like every person that runs a bar in 
this town is some short greasy haired guy or some other toolbag (aka a troll)  
Generally when i go to try and get a job I specifically ask for the bar 
manager or a manager of some kind, sometimes even the owner.  This is because 
current employees may say they arent hiring when they actually are and dont 
want competition and other various reasons.  I would kill for a job right now 
cause I am really struggling right now as far as money was concerned.  This 
guy I talked to today at a bar I have been to a few times said he only hires 
doormen and then lets them work their way up to barback and then to bartender. 
 But the thing is at this bar I have seen a few female bartenders which gives 
me an impression that is just a bullshit line he tells everyone (making him a 
troll as you call it) and he is the bar manager.  I know that this place does 
not or ever had a female doorperson, maybe a barback but defintely not a 
doorperson.  

Though I do have a connection at this other mega-club in my city but that job 
isn't guaranteed and even if i got the job they wouldnt need me for like 2 
more months and i need to work NOW.  And I really rather bartend cause it is 
the only job I actually liked doing so far out of all the jobs i ever had.  I 
am a really hard worker and picked everything so far up fast, the las place i 
worked at, I worked the back bar by myself, did just over half in sales of 
what the main bar did and i always walked out with more tips than the 2 people 
working the main bar.  And this was every weekend I did this.  Furthermore, I 
didnt even have a juice gun like the main bar did, which slowed me down 
considerably.  I know if they just gave me a chance they would be glad they 
hired me....oh well.


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