Comments on: Top 10 Ways to Blow Getting the Job http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2007/04/23/top-10-ways-to-blow-getting-the-job/ The (almost) daily trials and tribulations of being an executive restaurant recruiter.... running a restaurant executive search firm.... and how to survive. Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:44:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Career Video Expert Bullhorn http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2007/04/23/top-10-ways-to-blow-getting-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-54577 Career Video Expert Bullhorn Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:50:26 +0000 http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2007/04/23/top-10-ways-to-blow-getting-the-job/#comment-54577 <strong>How to blow a video interview...</strong> Confessions of an Executive Restaurant Recruiter has a post called Top 10 Ways to Blow Getting the Job, and a few of them are extremely applicable to candidates who will be video interviewing: Inappropriate dress:  showing up for the interview in att... How to blow a video interview…

Confessions of an Executive Restaurant Recruiter has a post called Top 10 Ways to Blow Getting the Job, and a few of them are extremely applicable to candidates who will be video interviewing:
Inappropriate dress:  showing up for the interview in att…

]]> By: Chief Executive Restaurant Recruiter http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2007/04/23/top-10-ways-to-blow-getting-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-6347 Chief Executive Restaurant Recruiter Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:18:05 +0000 http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2007/04/23/top-10-ways-to-blow-getting-the-job/#comment-6347 LOL... Tim that is a good one. When I worked in the restaurant industry (pizza delivery specifically) for years we had a running joke in a particular chai that I headed about firing. We would just write on the schedule for the next week, next to the person's name "You Fiya"... Of course, we had already talked to the person and let them go, it was the crew we were informing. Hope that helps...LOL. :-P LOL… Tim that is a good one.

When I worked in the restaurant industry (pizza delivery specifically) for years we had a running joke in a particular chai that I headed about firing. We would just write on the schedule for the next week, next to the person’s name “You Fiya”…

Of course, we had already talked to the person and let them go, it was the crew we were informing. Hope that helps…LOL. :-P

]]> By: Timothy Totten http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2007/04/23/top-10-ways-to-blow-getting-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-6238 Timothy Totten Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:06:49 +0000 http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2007/04/23/top-10-ways-to-blow-getting-the-job/#comment-6238 I've shamelessly stolen on ten of your ideas and posted them on my site with a few more specific ones for the funeral industry. Of course, I gave you credit and a link to your site, hoping to pacify you while I coast on your work. Keep up the great writing. I was thinking of doing a post about how to fire someone. Could you prep something for me to steal about Tuesday next week? I’ve shamelessly stolen on ten of your ideas and posted them on my site with a few more specific ones for the funeral industry. Of course, I gave you credit and a link to your site, hoping to pacify you while I coast on your work.
Keep up the great writing. I was thinking of doing a post about how to fire someone. Could you prep something for me to steal about Tuesday next week?

]]> By: Chief Executive Restaurant Recruiter http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2007/04/23/top-10-ways-to-blow-getting-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-6164 Chief Executive Restaurant Recruiter Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:02:50 +0000 http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2007/04/23/top-10-ways-to-blow-getting-the-job/#comment-6164 Hey Pat, great point about impressing the interviewer. Maybe I'll do another series based on "10 things that will blow your interviewer away." ;-) Hey Pat, great point about impressing the interviewer. Maybe I’ll do another series based on “10 things that will blow your interviewer away.” ;-)

]]> By: pat lefler http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2007/04/23/top-10-ways-to-blow-getting-the-job/comment-page-1/#comment-5998 pat lefler Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:50:21 +0000 http://www.cecsearch.com/WordPress/2007/04/23/top-10-ways-to-blow-getting-the-job/#comment-5998 How about reason #11 (or reason #1 on how to impress the interviewer with a nice personal touch) - Not following up the interview with a hand-written personal note. In this world of text messages and email, nothing (and I mean NOTHING) beats giving and receiving a nice personal note. How about reason #11 (or reason #1 on how to impress the interviewer with a nice personal touch) – Not following up the interview with a hand-written personal note. In this world of text messages and email, nothing (and I mean NOTHING) beats giving and receiving a nice personal note.

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