I was phone interviewing one guy today for an open position.

I asked what experience he has and with what.

He told me that "he has a lot of experience using pallet jack" (end of
experience).

i

Ignoramus4933 wrote:

I was phone interviewing one guy today for an open position.

I asked what experience he has and with what.

He told me that "he has a lot of experience using pallet jack" (end of
experience).

i

That's a bit limited, but don't discount him as a potential good
employee. Not everyone is capable of or wants a higher end position,
people content to do the grunt work deserve some respect as well.

Ignoramus4933 wrote:
I was phone interviewing one guy today for an open position.

I asked what experience he has and with what.

He told me that "he has a lot of experience using pallet jack" (end of
experience).

i

I'm the reason one company stopped allowing customers to use pallet jacks
on the floor. I sheared a bunch of stupidly mounted equipment off a wall,
which was next to a freight elevator.

They put everything back with crash bars around it at some point.

On 2012-10-17, Pete C. wrote:

Ignoramus4933 wrote:

I was phone interviewing one guy today for an open position.

I asked what experience he has and with what.

He told me that "he has a lot of experience using pallet jack" (end of
experience).

i

That's a bit limited, but don't discount him as a potential good
employee. Not everyone is capable of or wants a higher end position,
people content to do the grunt work deserve some respect as well.

I would ideally like someone with a decent energy level and who knows
how to use tools and a torch. There is a lot of work of this kind.

On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:33:43 -0500, Ignoramus4933
wrote:

I was phone interviewing one guy today for an open position.

I asked what experience he has and with what.

He told me that "he has a lot of experience using pallet jack" (end of
experience).

And he wants $48/hr, right?

--
To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves...
We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is
here--with its gift of energy and heightened awareness--so we can do our
best and learn the most in the new situation.
Peter McWilliams, Life 101

On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:33:43 -0500, Ignoramus4933
wrote:

I was phone interviewing one guy today for an open position.

I asked what experience he has and with what.

He told me that "he has a lot of experience using pallet jack" (end of
experience).

Are you looking to hire a full-time employee, or just have a hand
around when you need one? I only need a hand every once in awhile and
hire from the temp agencies. It costs about $16/hr to get a guy who
gets $9/hr. That covers work comp insurance for the day, the temp
agency fees, and his taxes/wages. Minimum 4 hours. If you need a
screened person just every once in awhile, consider temp agencies.

Does your company have work comp ins? As a business, it's mandatory
for employees here, and I thought that's was a federal requirement.
I can't afford to pay $4k/yr for temp employee coverage. My liability
insurance company says they can't give it to me because I don't have
it. (How's that for a catch 22?) I'd have to go through the state.

--
To use fear as the friend it is, we must retrain and reprogram ourselves...
We must persistently and convincingly tell ourselves that the fear is
here--with its gift of energy and heightened awareness--so we can do our
best and learn the most in the new situation.
Peter McWilliams, Life 101

"Ignoramus4933" wrote in message
...
I was phone interviewing one guy today for an open position.

I asked what experience he has and with what.

He told me that "he has a lot of experience using pallet jack" (end of
experience).

i

I got a resume from a guy in the carting industry who was experienced in
"handling collections".

Ignoramus4933 wrote:

On 2012-10-17, Pete C. wrote:

Ignoramus4933 wrote:

I was phone interviewing one guy today for an open position.

I asked what experience he has and with what.

He told me that "he has a lot of experience using pallet jack" (end of
experience).

i

That's a bit limited, but don't discount him as a potential good
employee. Not everyone is capable of or wants a higher end position,
people content to do the grunt work deserve some respect as well.

I would ideally like someone with a decent energy level and who knows
how to use tools and a torch. There is a lot of work of this kind.

Perhaps not who you're looking for, my point was more general. Then
again sometimes you have a person who may have some potential but never
had the opportunity to learn to use tools. A friend of mine is a teacher
at a school for talented / gifted students yet he routinely finds
students who don't know how to use a socket set or even a ruler. This is
a serious (and ultimately catastrophic) failing of schools today pushing
everyone towards some "knowledge economy" path and belittling any
student who has interests or talents in "dirty" hands on areas.

On Oct 17, 5:33*pm, Ignoramus4933
wrote:
I was phone interviewing one guy today for an open position.

I asked what experience he has and with what.

He told me that "he has a lot of experience using pallet jack" (end of
experience).

i

But better than if he had claimed he had a lot of experience that he
did not have. I once interviewed a guy that claimed he could do
carpentry. I would ask him if he could do various things and the
answer was always that he could do that. But when I asked what was
the sum of two fractions , something like 1/2 plus 1/4, he could not
do that. I felt sorry for him, but we just could not afford him.

Dan

On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:33:43 -0500, Ignoramus4933
wrote:

I was phone interviewing one guy today for an open position.

I asked what experience he has and with what.

He told me that "he has a lot of experience using pallet jack" (end of
experience).

i

We had a totally awful time keeping a crew here this fall. I lost
count of the number of people that worked one or two days and left. We
had to run help wanted ads in the paper for the first time in years. I
hired people for six days a week and they would ask for four days off,
then wonder why I didn't need them the next week.

I think the work ethic is finally going to pot up here in MN also.
Enough to make me consider retiring.

Karl