Dear Employers...

1: I guess you're right. Those are the people working at labor ready, or the people standing in the little box as a security guard at a lot of distribution centers, or almost everyone who works at walmart. I'm not one of those people. I always try to be the best at what I do, it's just in my nature. If I'm not the best I at least want to be very proficient.

  1. Then they should specifically say "we are looking for that 6% of the human population who are absolute geniuses and pickup on things extremely quickly." A lot of very intelligent minds (certainly not my own) are slow learners, once they grasp a concept they master it and some times better perfect it. I think it's a mental trait more than anything, being able to learn a lot, very quickly. You might end up making that employer a ton of money and give them quite a good service if they would spend an extra week on your training instead of 3 days, whereas the person who learnt quickly may never be very "great" at anything they do, just learn things quickly and get by.

  2. I guess I have to completely agree with this. The ass holes who want to whine, or make drama instead of do good, feel good when you get off and just generally enjoy your life. I hate those kind of people. I never have expected anyone to be perfect or even great, but some people just want to start bullshit or whine over nothing. Even if I hate something I will say so laughing and enthusiastically and go about my day awesomely.

  3. There is a difference in multi-tasking and overloading. Again, employers need to realize that by allowing a single person to concentrate on one or a few tasks, or one subject matter, that the said person will become extremely streamlined and proficient in whatever that task is. Their productivity and morale will skyrocket. Strong morale makes for a strong company. Some times I do realize you will be faced with A or C and there will be no B, but simply overloading more than one job on a single person isn't multi-tasking, it's cheap skating douchebaggery.

  4. The only thing is when this task is something extremely important, something that could lead to some one getting hurt or enormous amounts of money coming out of your own pocket. This leads to personal insecurity in whatever said trainee is being hired on for. Often this results in a high turnover rate for said company meaning even more training. Less training, higher quality, bigger returns in the long run. They need to realize this. Also, being an asshole to an employee is not a good instructor strategy. This isn't the marines (for them, I guess it works) but for a lot of technical jobs what people need is understanding, patience and being shown that when they have questions they'll get legitimate answers, not made to feel anyway. If you want a truly great employee this is how you should train them.

  5. My resume "looks" nice, but I think there may be some holes in it. It is certainly professional looking and explains all my strengths and abilities without rambling on too much about anything. But who knows, maybe I'll post it up here and get some critique. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if it was a great big pile of bullshit.

  6. Seriously, fuck insurance, it's for the ducks.

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