We are hiring a new person. In fact, we are hiring a couple new people over the next couple of weeks. I need help keeping the peace around here :) (I'm joking of course, I don't need help for that, you guys do a great job of playing nice) Mainly, we are gearing up in anticipation of having paying customers for our outside blog platform. We want to make sure that we can continue to live up to the level of service we have been able to provide our members up to this point. I'm sure that when outside blogs launch, there will be a group (or ten groups) dedicated to our members helping each other get the most out of the experience, but we want to be right there with you helping you maximize your potential.
So over the last couple of days I have had the distinct pleasure of reviewing resumes that have poured in from our job ad on Craigslist. We've had quite a few resumes in the last week. We figured we would hit a nerve with the title "use your real estate experience to make a steady income" (or something to that effect). We weren't disappointed. However, as anyone who has ever gone through interviewing and hiring someone will tell you, it's not the quantity of the responses that matter................
Yep, you guessed it, it's quality. And can I just tell you (of course I can, it's my post) I am blown away by what I have read. Not blown away like the first time I ever watched Band of Brothers, which left me amazed and swelling with pride. No, I mean blown away like the first time I saw Flintstones the Movie (which is still, 13 or 14 years later, the only movie I have ever walked out of the theater on) which left me nauseous and disoriented.
After going through all the resumes, I can't even remember what it was I was looking for to begin with. I'm pretty sure I asked that the person have real estate experience of some sort. Although, since many of them had none........maybe I didn't put that in the ad?
I thought I made it clear that the right candidate for the job has good communication skills, both verbal and written........it's OK, I'm sure the program you used to make you resume didn't have spell-check. No really, I don't mind that you don't know that they're over there with their HEAD IN (THEY'RE, THERE, THEIR.......multiple choice, pick one) REAR!!!
Yes, I asked for a cover letter with your resume. Oh, you have one from the last job you applied for? Well that should work........you know what, don't even bother changing it, it's fine. Your goal is to what? Get a position in management at a great mortgage company?............ummm, I think there is one of those in our building. Should I walk your resume down the hall?
Wait, wait........now I'm confused, this email came from Stuart Linscott (names changed to protect the incompetent, Stuart was a really good friend of mine in junior high, maybe he'll google himself and get a hold of me) and the job applicant is Eric Olason (changed again and another friend I would love to get back in touch with)..........ummm, you want to come work for a website company and you can't figure out how to get your own email address????? Seriously????
Finally!! Someone with a cover letter addressed to ActiveRain.........shoot............we haven't opened a real estate brokerage yet (don't read anything into that, just makes the parody better), NOOOOO, we do not need your services as our designated broker........
It's at this point that I am forced to go back and read the ad again. Did I mess it up? Did I send Kara the wrong thing to post?..............
Nope. It's there, just like I wanted it............maybe I need to rewrite it though................
Bob Stewart - ActiveRain
Was looking for the link to your ad n Craig's list, but did not see it. Are you rewriting it ?(LOL)