Millennial Job Interview

[Industrial Toys]

As long as you didn't ruin your skinny jeans! You would have had to drive right back to the Mall and demand your money back. Maybe driving on the rim and demanding a new tire and rim as well!

I saw a You tube video on the weekend of a girl that couldn't park her car to save her life. Finally she got it parked inches from the next "properly" parked car. She got out and kicked the properly parked car. Go figure. Its her that needs the good swift kick, not for her lack of parking skills but her attitude.

 

[Redlands Okie]

 

[ultrarunner]

Not sure how to put this. It seems typical now that people do one narrow field of work and have a very narrow set of skills to get that job done. It does provide for a lot of jobs since it takes more people to get something done. With this setup and it seems to me basic human behavior you get what we have today.
Many youngsters are raised pretty comfortably and are not informed or taught that it took mom and dad a while to get to the point fo providing that style of living. The attitude of “I do this, not that and I deserve a good living from it” seems to be common.
As a side note I am amazed at what seems to me to be the lack of interest in anything beyond the basic requirements needed to get some money and be able to be entertained. Increasing ones knowledge of the world, of how things work or function around you or ones work environment seems to be very l limited.
One of the neat things about these forums is the people in here with and interested in a variety of skills and experiences.

Yep... everyone needs to fit the HR job description... I had only previously encountered this in a Union Shop years ago...

It is a real problem in a big company when one person crosses over into many job descriptions... kind of fitting a square peg into a round hole... it can be forced but not without resistance.

 

[Creamer]

Yep... everyone needs to fit the HR job description... I had only previously encountered this in a Union Shop years ago...

It is a real problem in a big company when one person crosses over into many job descriptions... kind of fitting a square peg into a round hole... it can be forced but not without resistance.

Agreed! A generalist is not valued at many companies because they do not fit the job description exactly. At smaller companies this is not true but larger companies are run by many specialists.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Yep, our job descriptions are very specific, and they expect you to be able to produce right from the start, no training.

 

[Firemanbuck82]

I simply can't tell you how many young and older people I stop and ask for directions (I don't use a GPS as I like to know where I am) and I get the impression that the people don't have a clue about their environment or where on the earth they are!

And yet you're the one asking for directions.....:laughing:

 

[Creamer]

And yet you're the one asking for directions.....:laughing:

That's OK. At least it gets people talking. The less we depend on one another the more we lose community.

 

[MossRoad]

And yet you're the one asking for directions.....:laughing:

Maybe he's just testing them... :scratchchin:

 

[3Ts]

As for calling roadside assistance - there are places in this country where a cell phone won't work. Maybe a satellite phone?

 

[tungularafishcamp]

As for calling roadside assistance - there are places in this country where a cell phone won't work. Maybe a satellite phone?

My sat phone doesn't work on the north slope, it does everywhere else I have tried it.

 

[Creamer]

As for calling roadside assistance - there are places in this country where a cell phone won't work. Maybe a satellite phone?

I hear you guys regarding the roadside assistance. Plus the time of waiting for someone to get there and then they just tow you to somewhere and you have to wait for them to open to get it fixed. it jsut seems a lot easier to change it and drive home - probably be there long before the tow truck arrives. Then, of course, there is the cell phone issue. The problem is that is how the kids think now and they are OK with not being self sufficient.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I like to use my compass and sometimes like to get some confirmation. Especially if it's been a long day, and I would rather not go on a goose chase. Some roads start off going in one direction and then veer off in another. So I may ask how best to get to a certain highway, and once on it, I'm good.

Recently I was in Niagara Falls looking for a company. They had given me directions but the place was under construction and all the signs had been removed. Four people I asked, either didn't know, or sent me in the wrong direction. One helpful kid with his smartphone, could see where we were and where I wanted to go, but couldn't tell me in which direction to go. Those are days, I could use a GPS. Finally I sheepishly called the company for the third time for directions. The first I lost, the second I forgot to take with me.

 

[MossRoad]

I like to use my compass and sometimes like to get some confirmation. Especially if it's been a long day, and I would rather not go on a goose chase. Some roads start off going in one direction and then veer off in another. So I may ask how best to get to a certain highway, and once on it, I'm good.

Recently I was in Niagara Falls looking for a company. They had given me directions but the place was under construction and all the signs had been removed. Four people I asked, either didn't know, or sent me in the wrong direction. One helpful kid with his smartphone, could see where we were and where I wanted to go, but couldn't tell me in which direction to go. Those are days, I could use a GPS. Finally I sheepishly called the company for the third time for directions. The first I lost, the second I forgot to take with me.

I used to laugh at people that used GPS. I was a Boy Scout, for crying out loud! :laughing: I read a map at home, memorize the route, put the map in my pocket just in case, and off I go.

Then, on a vacation, my driver's license expired. I was lucky they let me on the plane with an expired ID. But they certainly wouldn't rent me a car in Florida. Fortunately, my wife was there at a conference, with a girlfriend that had a GPS. I sat in the passenger seat while she drove us everywhere and I was just fascinated with the GPS.

I finally realized that a GPS is just a map in a box. A really good map. With dinner suggestions! :licking:

I use it all the time now. I still look at a map before I leave, but the GPS helps with complicated interstate exchanges, and what I really like the most is the estimated time of arrival, miles to arrival, and speed functions. Elevation function in mountainous terrain is cool, too. :thumbsup:

 

[300UGUY]

I have been in that position with sober alcoholics... damage is done pretty early on. Sad...

I致e had experience with a couple of relatives. A drunk xxhole can quit drinking, but likely will still be a xxhole....I now understand that addiction can be part of mental illness that sobriety won稚 erase. It won稚 hurt, obviously, but it won稚 fix everything either.

When I as a kid, old guys were lamenting the lack of skills of my generation. I think this is a endless cycle.

 

[TCJatko]

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