http://www.hrrecruitingalert.com/did-they-think-billboards-singing-telegrams-and-resume-riddles-would-work/ Headlines and advice for the practicing recruiter Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.hrrecruitingalert.com/did-they-think-billboards-singing-telegrams-and-resume-riddles-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-552 Cindy Hatton Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:39:30 +0000 http://www.hrrecruitingalert.com/?p=75#comment-552 What about WOW moments in an interview. How successful is that. A candidate brings small race horses with a principle writte on the jockey silks. At the end of the interview the candidate explains that they are from a famous horse racing area and they symbolize the characteristics that they bring to the job ... the principles are the pillars for a successful company. What about WOW moments in an interview. How successful is that. A candidate brings small race horses with a principle writte on the jockey silks. At the end of the interview the candidate explains that they are from a famous horse racing area and they symbolize the characteristics that they bring to the job … the principles are the pillars for a successful company.

]]> http://www.hrrecruitingalert.com/did-they-think-billboards-singing-telegrams-and-resume-riddles-would-work/comment-page-1/#comment-547 MicheleH Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:58:25 +0000 http://www.hrrecruitingalert.com/?p=75#comment-547 I once applied for a position in a Drs' office. I was so discouraged in finding a job at that point that I was sure I wasn't going to get this one either. On the application I wrote off the wall answers for all of the questions, i.e. Home Phone: Yes, Salary Expected: Yes, I don't work for free, and so on. I ended up getting the job because they needed someone with a sense of humor! I once applied for a position in a Drs’ office. I was so discouraged in finding a job at that point that I was sure I wasn’t going to get this one either. On the application I wrote off the wall answers for all of the questions, i.e. Home Phone: Yes, Salary Expected: Yes, I don’t work for free, and so on. I ended up getting the job because they needed someone with a sense of humor!

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