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<blockquote data-quote="J and L" data-source="post: 187957" data-attributes="member: 3494"><p>milkmaid,</p><p> Ok back to it!</p><p>What I mean to say here is that the things we looking for are more abstact than, "do you know how to milk a cow?" After all, your references have already told me that you do know how to milk a cow or that you catch on to things quickly. The things that we would be looking at might be like this: Punctuality is important--so did he/she show up on time? We like our milking center tidy-- but garbage rolled out of the car when they got out.......... hmmm? We have a strict no smoking policy and he said that was fine but once we got into the office my eyes were watering from the smell of smoke! As we talked along he kept on griping about his past employer and co-workers,nothing seemed to ever be good enough-- Wow would he talk about me like that someday? or spread his discontent? Another thing that speaks volumes is dress-- flashy? Clean? Neat? Looks like they will fit in? </p><p></p><p>Let me tell you a story about meeting our current herdsman. He arrived at our door in reply to an ad and we gave him an app. Since he was standing there we asked a couple questions and it came out that he had milked cows before. Since the ad was for a herdsman we thought.. ok.. interesting and he left with the app. The next day he returned and told us that he felt that he had mislead us, he had milked cows but just a vey few on his Grandfather's farm in Mexico. He said that he wanted to be honest but also wanted the job and was willing to learn. Again he left and Linda and I turned to each other and said how can we go wrong with that kind of honesty and integrity and willingness to learn?? So the point is that the conversation simply facilitates the chance for red flags to pop up and for us to get a stonge gut feeling about how he/she would fit in and teir ability to do the job.</p><p></p><p></p><p>So for the other side? In our case we have a very thourough work description for each key position that would be given out prior to the interview along with our mission statement and policies. This is a clear acounting of our expectations of you and since it is written down it can be your protection as well. If something doesn`t make sense to you..........Question us.(With good taste) Learn to look for those same types of things talked about above........ Do we fumble with the answer like there may be some gray area in there. During the walk through you notice other employees swearing back and forth and talking of their latest sexual conquest. Can you live with this? If this has been acceptable here it is not likley to change just because you arrived. You notice that no one moving cattle has a stick and you firmely believe that a club is important and that using it gets your shift over quicker. You are not likley to change the herdspersons idea on that one so this may not work out? Again it`s all about red flags and gut feelings!</p><p></p><p>After all this stuff all there is left is some simple negotiations and your all set.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I must go soak my fingers!!!! Jerry</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J and L, post: 187957, member: 3494"] milkmaid, Ok back to it! What I mean to say here is that the things we looking for are more abstact than, "do you know how to milk a cow?" After all, your references have already told me that you do know how to milk a cow or that you catch on to things quickly. The things that we would be looking at might be like this: Punctuality is important--so did he/she show up on time? We like our milking center tidy-- but garbage rolled out of the car when they got out.......... hmmm? We have a strict no smoking policy and he said that was fine but once we got into the office my eyes were watering from the smell of smoke! As we talked along he kept on griping about his past employer and co-workers,nothing seemed to ever be good enough-- Wow would he talk about me like that someday? or spread his discontent? Another thing that speaks volumes is dress-- flashy? Clean? Neat? Looks like they will fit in? Let me tell you a story about meeting our current herdsman. He arrived at our door in reply to an ad and we gave him an app. Since he was standing there we asked a couple questions and it came out that he had milked cows before. Since the ad was for a herdsman we thought.. ok.. interesting and he left with the app. The next day he returned and told us that he felt that he had mislead us, he had milked cows but just a vey few on his Grandfather's farm in Mexico. He said that he wanted to be honest but also wanted the job and was willing to learn. Again he left and Linda and I turned to each other and said how can we go wrong with that kind of honesty and integrity and willingness to learn?? So the point is that the conversation simply facilitates the chance for red flags to pop up and for us to get a stonge gut feeling about how he/she would fit in and teir ability to do the job. So for the other side? In our case we have a very thourough work description for each key position that would be given out prior to the interview along with our mission statement and policies. This is a clear acounting of our expectations of you and since it is written down it can be your protection as well. If something doesn`t make sense to you..........Question us.(With good taste) Learn to look for those same types of things talked about above........ Do we fumble with the answer like there may be some gray area in there. During the walk through you notice other employees swearing back and forth and talking of their latest sexual conquest. Can you live with this? If this has been acceptable here it is not likley to change just because you arrived. You notice that no one moving cattle has a stick and you firmely believe that a club is important and that using it gets your shift over quicker. You are not likley to change the herdspersons idea on that one so this may not work out? Again it`s all about red flags and gut feelings! After all this stuff all there is left is some simple negotiations and your all set. I must go soak my fingers!!!! Jerry [/QUOTE]
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