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Mark K 2

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On July 22nd, I applied in person for a part-time job at a new Goodwill store. I was immediately disqualified and told I wasn't qualified despite having decades of leadership experience and a business ownership history. This morning, in a local newspaper, I found a letter to the editor by someone else turned down from the same place.



Yesterday I was personally destroyed by a child, a young female of about 20 years old.



Im a college grad, a former Eagle Scout, a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and a college teacher.



Thing is, Im retired and still, after two years, looking for employment.



Im used to potential employers telling me that Im too old (they, of course, wont come right out and say it).



To get to the point, a store in Hudson was taking applications, so knowing this particular store I applied for a position (they encouraged people with diversification to apply).



Ive spent most of my life in leadership management roles. After filling out my application and turning it in to this child, I was told that since I had no retail experience in the last five years I wasnt qualified to put jeans and shirts on hangers!



I was mortified!



Of the 50-plus people waiting for interviews, I doubt that 10% were over 30.



So much for diversification.



I have words for these kinds of hiring practices, but I doubt theyre printable.
 
Those that put jeans and shirts on hangars at the Goodwill in my area are missing body parts and are usually partially retarted.



Not to sound like a jerk, but are you striving for a job that is reserved for those that do not have the ability to work anywhere else?





Tom
 
Being partial "Retarded" is a little like being a "little pregnant" isn't it?



We have a friend that is fully capible of working simple "mindless" jobs and on the contrary I have a retarded sister that screams all the time and doesn't even know how to wipe her butt.



Maybe my wording wasn't acceptable to you, but I am sure everyone got the point.





Tom
 
I just wanted to give Tom a hard time....LOL

I knew what he meant, but isn't using "Retarded"

not politically correct these days?

I thought it was Mentally Challenged or something of that sort....
 
I agree that most of the jobs at Goodwill, etc are filled by persons with some sort of physical or mental handicaped. Many are young adults have Downs-Syndrone. I think it is great that they will hire these people. They are often very good workers but do need a lot of supervision.



I also find that many employers will not hire someone who is "Over qualified" for the job. Over qualified people are often not mentally chanllenged by the requirements of the job, and quickly become bored. Often the Over qualifed employee will only use that job as a temporary source of income until a better, higher paying job comes along that more closely matches their skill set.



I think some younger managers are threatened by people who are older and have more experience. Years ago, I had worked for company for only 2 weeks and had impressed a lot of people with my skills and mentoring of others who should have been showing me what to do. My manager was on vacation, and when he got back and heard about the things I had done, he called me aside and told me that he worked there a long to get into his position and he was not in his position just to keep the seat warm for me!



That statment poisoned me from ever respecting that guy as my manager. I immediately began looking for another job and found one about 10 months later. During that 10 months I was there I realized why the guy felt so threatened...He was well liked by everyone, but worthless as a manger.



...Richard



 
"Not to sound like a jerk, but are you striving for a job that is reserved for those that do not have the ability to work anywhere else?"



a job is a job.

we can't all have a very important top secret job like you :sad:



 

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