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David R.Birch David R.Birch is offline
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Default New employee test for "metalworking skills"

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:07:12 -0600, the infamous "David R.Birch"
scrawled the following:

Stormin Mormon wrote:
Occurs to me, that at least two interviews are needed. The
HR to discern if the person is a leech, or a worker. And
someone from the plant, to see if the candidate has the
technical skills.

Most of the shops I've interviewed in send you to the guy you're going
to be working for first, then HR.

The one place where I went to HR first, the interviewer's description
of the company management made me not bother with the rest.


What a treat: You found an honest HR department employee!


Not really, she told me the company had been bought from a machinist
who started it by a much younger couple who had made some money in
accounting. I'd already experienced one company run by a bean counter
who had no idea how to make parts.

David