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hiring is more difficult than looking for a job..by jason phoon
Work is hectic! There’s basically more projects than they are employees in my company. Besides programming, I’ve been evaluating resumes and even conducting interviews!
Oh man, it wasn’t easy finding employees. You’d think that lots of people are looking for jobs, but when I contact these potentials for an interview, it’s like they don’t even want the job! My boss tells me that some might not even show up! When I called up one for an interview, she practically said “If I’m free, I’ll come la … “.
I put her resume in the shredder with a little smile on my face.
Oh, and I haven’t even mentioned the quality of the interviewees themselves.
Last friday, 2 people came in for an interview. After the interview, I gave them a test:
$a = 5;
$b = 6;
Based on the above, what is the output for the following statements? (answer in the lines)
echo $a + $b; // ___________
echo $a . $b; // ____________
Of course, the later questions are much more tougher but they couldn’t even answer this one!
My boss wasn’t too kind on them, and one of them nearly cried! Later on, I just gave them some advice on how to prepare for an interview, or what is expected from a programmer or designer (the designer came for the interview without a portfolio: apparently, it was destroyed by a virus!)
I talked to them a little and found out that in the university they graduated in (local), the lecturer gave them the answers for exams. I also found out that in the final year project, it was a group of 3 but only one person was doing the programming. Additionally,the project itself doesn’t have to function for them to pass! Well, that just says a lot about the education system, doesn’t it ?!
Just when things looked bad, another guy came in for an interview and got all the answers correct. I called him in the afternoon and offered him the job. He accepted and he’s starting work tomorrow!
Well, my boss has been guiding me along the way, giving some tips here and there about running things. He’s looking to me to take care of things when he’s not around. Now I feel like I’ve been given an opportunity to learn from someone more experienced, and get paid too!
Of course, its going to be a tough road ahead with lots of work to do. God speed Jason, god speed ….
If you know anyone looking for a job as:
• Web Developer (PHP, MySQL, HTML, Javascript, CSS)
• Web Designer (Photoshop, Illustrator,Dreamweaver)
• Sales/Marketing Executive (Please ignore the comic below)
Drop me a line at jason@bubblegum.com.my . For more details about the job descriptions, have a look here. I promise not to shred your resume.
Oh man, it wasn’t easy finding employees. You’d think that lots of people are looking for jobs, but when I contact these potentials for an interview, it’s like they don’t even want the job! My boss tells me that some might not even show up! When I called up one for an interview, she practically said “If I’m free, I’ll come la … “.
I put her resume in the shredder with a little smile on my face.
Oh, and I haven’t even mentioned the quality of the interviewees themselves.
Last friday, 2 people came in for an interview. After the interview, I gave them a test:
$a = 5;
$b = 6;
Based on the above, what is the output for the following statements? (answer in the lines)
echo $a + $b; // ___________
echo $a . $b; // ____________
Of course, the later questions are much more tougher but they couldn’t even answer this one!
My boss wasn’t too kind on them, and one of them nearly cried! Later on, I just gave them some advice on how to prepare for an interview, or what is expected from a programmer or designer (the designer came for the interview without a portfolio: apparently, it was destroyed by a virus!)
I talked to them a little and found out that in the university they graduated in (local), the lecturer gave them the answers for exams. I also found out that in the final year project, it was a group of 3 but only one person was doing the programming. Additionally,the project itself doesn’t have to function for them to pass! Well, that just says a lot about the education system, doesn’t it ?!
Just when things looked bad, another guy came in for an interview and got all the answers correct. I called him in the afternoon and offered him the job. He accepted and he’s starting work tomorrow!
Well, my boss has been guiding me along the way, giving some tips here and there about running things. He’s looking to me to take care of things when he’s not around. Now I feel like I’ve been given an opportunity to learn from someone more experienced, and get paid too!
Of course, its going to be a tough road ahead with lots of work to do. God speed Jason, god speed ….
If you know anyone looking for a job as:
• Web Developer (PHP, MySQL, HTML, Javascript, CSS)
• Web Designer (Photoshop, Illustrator,Dreamweaver)
• Sales/Marketing Executive (Please ignore the comic below)
Drop me a line at jason@bubblegum.com.my . For more details about the job descriptions, have a look here. I promise not to shred your resume.
Men and Women are different
When our daughter was five years old we were living in an apartment with only one bathroom.
One day as I was finishing my bath she had to go potty - now!
As I was toweling off she sat on the potty and I could tell that she was trying to figure out something.
Finally she asked me that fateful question: "Daddy, mommies and daddies are different, aren't they?"
I decided to handle it in a straightforward manner and answered, "Yes Joy, they are." She got a really proud expression and boasted, "I knew that already cause mommies shave their legs and daddies shave their faces".
We didn't get back to that particular subject for several more years!
Thanks to Lonnie Laughlin
One day as I was finishing my bath she had to go potty - now!
As I was toweling off she sat on the potty and I could tell that she was trying to figure out something.
Finally she asked me that fateful question: "Daddy, mommies and daddies are different, aren't they?"
I decided to handle it in a straightforward manner and answered, "Yes Joy, they are." She got a really proud expression and boasted, "I knew that already cause mommies shave their legs and daddies shave their faces".
We didn't get back to that particular subject for several more years!
Thanks to Lonnie Laughlin
Weight Loss Plan
A man calls a company and orders their 5-day, 10 lb. weight loss program.
The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck.
She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company.
The sign reads, "If you can catch me, you can have me."
Without a second thought, he takes off after her.
A few miles later huffing and puffing, he finally gives up.
The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens.
On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 lbs. as promised.
He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20 pound program.
The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning and beautiful woman he has ever seen in his life.
She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, "If you catch me you can have me."
Well, he's out the door after her like a shot.
This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck.
So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape.
Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 20 lbs. as promised.
He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day/50 pound program.
"Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program."
"Absolutely," he replies, "I haven't felt this good in years."
The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads,"If I catch you, you are mine!!!"
He lost 63 pounds that week.
(Thanks Barbie)
The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck.
She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company.
The sign reads, "If you can catch me, you can have me."
Without a second thought, he takes off after her.
A few miles later huffing and puffing, he finally gives up.
The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens.
On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 lbs. as promised.
He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20 pound program.
The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning and beautiful woman he has ever seen in his life.
She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, "If you catch me you can have me."
Well, he's out the door after her like a shot.
This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck.
So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape.
Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 20 lbs. as promised.
He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day/50 pound program.
"Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program."
"Absolutely," he replies, "I haven't felt this good in years."
The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads,"If I catch you, you are mine!!!"
He lost 63 pounds that week.
(Thanks Barbie)
Weight Loss Plan
A man calls a company and orders their 5-day, 10 lb. weight loss program.
The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck.
She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company.
The sign reads, "If you can catch me, you can have me."
Without a second thought, he takes off after her.
A few miles later huffing and puffing, he finally gives up.
The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens.
On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 lbs. as promised.
He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20 pound program.
The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning and beautiful woman he has ever seen in his life.
She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, "If you catch me you can have me."
Well, he's out the door after her like a shot.
This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck.
So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape.
Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 20 lbs. as promised.
He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day/50 pound program.
"Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program."
"Absolutely," he replies, "I haven't felt this good in years."
The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads,"If I catch you, you are mine!!!"
He lost 63 pounds that week.
(Thanks Barbie)
The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck.
She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company.
The sign reads, "If you can catch me, you can have me."
Without a second thought, he takes off after her.
A few miles later huffing and puffing, he finally gives up.
The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens.
On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 lbs. as promised.
He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20 pound program.
The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning and beautiful woman he has ever seen in his life.
She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, "If you catch me you can have me."
Well, he's out the door after her like a shot.
This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck.
So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape.
Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 20 lbs. as promised.
He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day/50 pound program.
"Are you sure?" asks the representative on the phone. "This is our most rigorous program."
"Absolutely," he replies, "I haven't felt this good in years."
The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads,"If I catch you, you are mine!!!"
He lost 63 pounds that week.
(Thanks Barbie)
First Job..
"A young family moved into a house, next to a vacant lot.
One day, a construction crew turned up to start building a house on the empty lot.
The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in all the activity going on next door and spent much of each day observing the workers.
Eventually the construction crew, all of them "gems-in-the-rough," more or less, adopted her as a kind of project mascot."
They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had coffee and lunch breaks and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important.
At the end of the first week, they even presented her with a pay envelope containing ten dollars.
The little girl took this home to her mother who suggested that she take her ten dollars "pay" she'd received to the bank the next day to start a savings account.
When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own pay check at such a young age.
The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last week with a real construction crew building the new house next door to us."
"Oh my goodness gracious," said the teller, and will you be working on the house again this week, too?"
The little girl replied, "I will, if those as*!#!es at Home Depot ever deliver the fu*#'ng sheet rock..."
(Thanks Joe)
One day, a construction crew turned up to start building a house on the empty lot.
The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in all the activity going on next door and spent much of each day observing the workers.
Eventually the construction crew, all of them "gems-in-the-rough," more or less, adopted her as a kind of project mascot."
They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had coffee and lunch breaks and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important.
At the end of the first week, they even presented her with a pay envelope containing ten dollars.
The little girl took this home to her mother who suggested that she take her ten dollars "pay" she'd received to the bank the next day to start a savings account.
When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own pay check at such a young age.
The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last week with a real construction crew building the new house next door to us."
"Oh my goodness gracious," said the teller, and will you be working on the house again this week, too?"
The little girl replied, "I will, if those as*!#!es at Home Depot ever deliver the fu*#'ng sheet rock..."
(Thanks Joe)
Catch a Rabbit
The LAPD, The FBI, and the CIA are all trying to prove that they are the best at apprehending criminals. The President decides to give them a test. He releases a rabbit into a forest and each of them has to catch it.
The CIA goes in.
They place animal informants throughout the forest. They question all plant and mineral witnesses. After three months of extensive investigations they conclude that rabbits do not exist.
The FBI goes in.
After two weeks with no leads they burn the forest, killing everything in it, including the rabbit, and they make no apologies. The rabbit had it coming.
The LAPD goes in.
They come out two hours later with a badly beaten bear. The bear is yelling: "Okay! Okay! I'm a rabbit! I'm a rabbit!"
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