Who says the unemployed don't want to work, please read on

Bob_Blighty

First time posting on here so please go easy on me.

I needed to recruit due to a sudden last minute order for 10 staff at a factory, doing production line work in a short term contract role. The agency who I recruited through sent me what they thought were 10 suitable candidates for the role,all of them were currently out of work. I held the interviews today. I expected one or two of them not to turn up but all of them made it in for the interview.

Apparently 2 of them came to the interview cutting short their christmas break and one of them made it in suffering from awful flu like symptoms. Another had walked in 4 miles and had no transport and I was reluctant to take her on but she said she was quite happy walking the 8 miles every day. I was taken aback by the keenness of all the applicants. My standard stock question which I asked all of them was "When can you start?". 3 of them replied "I will start now if You want too" or similar words to that effect. Another guy told me that he was that keen to work for me that he said "Give me a weeks trial and If I am not any good Don't Pay me ". One other candidate who when I mentioned we would be paying NMW even said that he would work for less if it means he got the job so I just smiled wryly

I Have to commend the positive attitude and keenness of all of the candidates I interviewed as being a lurker on this section of the board for a while the unemployed do tend to be given a hard time particularly by many of the Daily Mail readers brigade. I look forward to all of them starting next week

Loanranger

Highly suspicious that a new user comes here to put us all right.
Hmmm.

Johnnytwostep

You never know it might be true.

No not really.

Dunroamin

Loanranger wrote: »

Highly suspicious that a new user comes here to put us all right.
Hmmm.

Particularly in light of the furore over the earlier thread where someone invited ten unemployed people to an interview and only one of them turned up!

The symmetry is deafening!;)

(And, how many people hold interviews on Boxing Day?)

Loanranger

Yep, Dunroamin, it's uncanny, isn't it?

Owain_Moneysaver

what we haven't been told, of course, is now many are migrant workers ...

AP007

Sorry but no one holds interviews on Boxing Day

Bob_Blighty

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

what we haven't been told, of course, is now many are migrant workers ...

Hmmmm as initially thought it looks as if the Daily Mail readers brigade are ganging up on me. It didn't really concern me who I was taking on but since you ask I think it's 3 eastern europeans and 7 British

AP007 wrote: »

Sorry but no one holds interviews on Boxing Day

Today was the only day I could make it this week and needed them to start either on Monday or Wednesday next week. I am the only one qualified to conduct the interviews, held at short notice in a hotel conference room which was hired. As I say surprised all of them made it in especially as it is still a bank holiday. You have to admire their keenness and enthusiam about them wanting to work

denla

AP007 wrote: »

Sorry but no one holds interviews on Boxing Day

Employers can hold interviews on Boxing Day. It's just generally not wise to do so because any applicant relying on public transport can't make it. You're also a horrible person making others attend a work interview instead of enjoying Boxing Day.

TrickyWicky

Loanranger wrote: »

Highly suspicious that a new user comes here to put us all right.
Hmmm.

It's also highly suspicious how some people around here will find bad in both bad and good stories.

AP007

denla wrote: »

Employers can hold interviews on Boxing Day. It's just generally not wise to do so because any applicant relying on public transport can't make it. You're also a horrible person making others attend a work interview instead of enjoying Boxing Day.

I never made anyone attend an interview LOL

As you can see one person walked 4 miles there and 4 miles back!