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annoying verbal tic of the day

Jobseekers! Especially you younger, less-confident ones! Do yourself a favor and don’t say this:

“Um, yeah, I’d like to talk with someone about maybe possibly getting a job.”

No, you’d like to talk about getting a job. We may be able to help you. Possibly, you will get a job through us. But you would like to talk about getting a job. Be confident!

Unless, you only “maybe, possibly” WANT a job. In which case, I don’t want to work with you and don’t waste my time.

This entry was posted on Friday, May 26th, 2006 at 12:00 pm and is filed under Tales from the Field, Interviews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “annoying verbal tic of the day”

  1. Jim Durbin Says:
    May 28th, 2006 at 4:27 pm

    I think this seals it. You’re my Blog of the Week for the Recruiting.com Newsletter. You’re one of the few recruiting bloggers out there really having fun with your blog.

    Let me know if you’re not signed up. I’ll forward you a copy.

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