[Jewelry making - Article 00051] - Re: [Orchid] Employment frustration

[craigbe]

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    Daniel you bring up some great points. I didn't think about the
    whole issue of laying out everything you know right away, and you
    are absolutely correct in that it could be a major 'threat' to
    someone. Obviously to the person interviewing it seems the right
    thing to do, but you don't know what's going on inside the other
    persons head, who else is working there, where THEY got their skills
    from (or how skilled they are), etc etc.. I mean if you are
    interviewing for a bench jeweler position, and you know more than
    the manager of that department do you think they will hire you? I
    bet they won't. I know MANY IT shops purposely don't hire the most
    skilled person because they don't want to deal with the ego, etc
    later down the line. If they knew you better and felt that you would
    just teach people what they don't know then it might be different.
    Another thing is if they are asking the old 'where do you see your
    self in 2, 5, or 10 years'? We used to ask this and always got
    strange answers like "I want to manage a department" or "I want to
    be a manager somewhere", etc.. this always invoked the 'they want my
    job' mentality in the person hiring. 

    Anyway, maybe you should do what Daniel says and not throw
    everything out there right away, and if it does come out explain
    also how you love to teach and be part of a team. Team players are
    one of the biggest 'MUSTS' these days. No one gets by on their own,
    and no one wants a 'loner' no matter how good they are (well, most
    don't.. I know I don't...). 

    Good luck! 

Craig
www.creativecutgems.com
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