Desperate graduates forced to dance like monkeys for work

ruggedtoast

http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/currys-graduate-job-applicant-humiliated-after-being-made-to-dance-during-interview-8801763.html

A university graduate has told of his humiliation at being asked to dance to a Daft Punk song during a job interview at an electronics superstore.

Alan Bacon had applied for a role at Currys in Cardiff after finding job-hunting ‘extremely hard’ because of the fierce competition.

Mr Bacon turned up for a group interview as requested but was left ‘incredulous’ when the applicants were expected perform a dance.

“I think everyone initially thought it was a joke,” he told the BBC.

“But they were serious. It started with a cheap clip art image on the board of two people dancing then they said, guess what we’re going to make you do now? Dance.”

A photography and astronomy aficionado, Alan left the University of South Wales in July with a degree in documentary, film and TV.

With ambitions to make science documentaries, Curry’s had advised him that he would have five minutes in which to talk about his hobbies and interests. “I’d spent the past week researching the company and looking forward to being able to express myself and talk about what I love doing,” he said.

In a scene reminiscent of the Ricky Gervais’ comedy hit The Office, instead of showcasing his abilities, Alan found himself robot-dancing in front of a group of strangers.

“I just felt so embarrassed and uncomfortable,” he confessed. “Another older gentleman had been made redundant from a past job of 20 years and had just had a child. He really needed the job, but watching him dance to rap music was sad.

“I’ve been to quite a few job interviews and have never had to do anything like it before. On the surface I had to look positive - I was smiling and laughing along with it - but inside I felt degraded. The minute you start making someone dance before asking them any questions you wash away any professional dignity and leave them feeling crushed.”

Despite the humiliation, Alan, who had moved to Cardiff in hope of finding work after applying for more than 300 jobs, was rejected and remains unemployed.

Curry’s has apologised for the bizarre interview segment, admitting that the ‘team building exercise’ was not part of its official recruitment process.

“We are very sorry to those interviewees impacted on this occasion and would like to invite them back to attend an official interview where they will be given a proper opportunity to demonstrate how they can contribute to our business,” he said.

It is a sad state of affairs when qualified graduates and desperate older job seekers are forced to parade themselves for the titillation of rentier capitalists. Rentier capitalists who are themselves sucking the life from the country.


The Currys assessment centre.

chucky

ruggedtoast wrote: »

It is a sad state of affairs when qualified graduates and desperate older job seekers are forced to parade themselves for the titillation of rentier capitalists.

It's not a nice story.

If anything it's a society issue rather than economic.

Matt1977

Not good PR Currys.

They need to be more professional in how they do things or they will go down just Comet did.

chucknorris

OP must be quite desperate now, what on earth has this to do with boomers, landlords or the economy?

CLAPTON

whilst knowing nothing of this situation

lots of non monkeys dance

lots of interviews situation call for role play

some people see evil everywhere

ILW

I did hear that anyone did dance failed the "interview" as they were deemed to lack the character to refuse.

ruggedtoast

CLAPTON wrote: »

whilst knowing nothing of this situation

lots of non monkeys dance

lots of interviews situation call for role play

some people see evil everywhere

And some people refuse to see it anywhere.

CLAPTON

ruggedtoast wrote: »

And some people refuse to see it anywhere.

I see some evil
mid staffs was evil; refusal to staff hospitals properly at weekends is evil, bombing people is evil, dancing per se isn't, neither is producing goods and services for profit

grizzly1911

CLAPTON wrote: »

I see some evil
refusal to staff hospitals properly [STRIKE]at weekends[/STRIKE] is evil,

Never mind 3 yearly appraisals will fix that.

spacey2012

Well if you pay peanuts...

vivatifosi

I take it from your headline rugged that you really only care about the new grad and not the guy who had been made redundant after 20 years, the one who had a child to feed and was made to rap?

Makes me think they are a crap company and this could backfire.