Herman by Jim Unger for May 27, 2013

Employment interviews for dummies.

Interviewer: “So, Ms. Helicopter, where do you see your son at with our company in five years?”

“Follow up question, Ms. Helicopter…. What do you see as your son’s particular strengths and weaknesses?”

Management material…

And they want a “Good job, sonny” for every little thing. Yeesh.

I feel a little sorry for our grad students…once they start working, they get no strokes from A’s on weekly quizzes…in fact, they don’t hear a word about their performance until their yearly job performance, which is usually at C level so they “have somewhere to show improvement”…

If it’s the Tootsie Pop company, they may have an opening in quality control.

“Because my daddy owns the company.”

I once interviewed a young man who said he was fine as long as he took his meds. He offered to bring his care giver in for reference.

as head lollipop taster i would start early and work late

With this new generation of bubble kids, this cartoon is unfortunately, not far off the mark.

Don’t see this as a comment on “Bubble-Kids”…guy looks age 50-ish years old…I just don’t get it (dumb I am…)

My mother went on my first job interview with me 50 years ago, and I did alright. Still working, though not at the same company. Not even on the same continent.