Because of the change of my company structure, my job now requires me to interview people. My boss set a very clear objective for me:
Hire and development 4 application specialist. 
Struggled for more than 3 months for lack of IT candidate, finally last week i completed part of my mission by hiring 5 fresh graduates to fill up the vacancy in the team..
I have seen candidates with 5-6 years experience yet the resume is not impressive at all.. I interviewed candidates with 2-3 years experiences and have changed 2-3 jobs..
And finally, the long waited fresh graduates whom just completed their final year exam...
Despite of asking them what they have done in their final year project and make sure their passionate in programming, I spent some time to share with them how they should plan and set a target for themselves in at least 2-3 years time.
I always believe Fresh Graduates are like young bamboo that can be shaped nicely.. Nowadays I see alot of young people, after working for a few years, they are no longer in a proper 'shape'.. What they did to their life is ENJOY, COMPLAINT and ASK FOR MORE.. I hope none of my friends fall into the category as this direction won't lead you to where you want to go in the future..
I hope to allocate more time in my daily roles to develop the fresh graduates and slowly build up a strong team. Seriously i wanted to develop them like how my ex-manager groomed me to be what i am today. I see fire in fresh graduates... Before the bad environment or culture
put off their fire, I hope i can do my best to let their fire continue
to burn on...
People build up the country.. While we always complain about the inefficiency government, the slow development of the country, do we ever think that we are part of the country that has direct contribution to the development of the country? Does anyone wonder how Korea has achieved its
remarkable record of economic growth in such a short time? Compare their people with ours!
Ok.. Abit too far..
Wish me good luck and may courage is always with me..
Comments (5)
yes, totally agree with you. nowaday youngster only know how to complain and dont know to find ways to overcome the problem.
i also believe that those soft "strawberry" can be shape and become hard "durian" that can hold on to any hard time coming ...
i'm so glad that you are stepping more step into your career in B2B..
what to do.. u guys left me behind...
wah ... want to blame me like that meh????
"ENJOY, COMPLAINT and ASK FOR MORE"
me is "LAZY, BORED and WILT" -_-'''
"Before the bad environment or culture put off their fire, I hope i can do my best to let their fire continue to burn on"
this is a challenge indeed, and i really hope you can do it de =) they're lucky to have you as their senior, gambate neh =)
Great job, bee ai. It is really a great feat to be achieved by anyone - hiring 5 people.
I do agree with your observation on the behaviorsof "young people these days" that sometimes they are too spoilt. But there some caveats to these too:
1. They may appear arrogant when they refuse to comply to some of the procedures like taking a test (unless it is technical-related) but in other hand, this noncompliance may benefit the company as we are looking for leaders also, not a servant who follow whatever we tell them.
2. They may appear to switch company often, but unless they have poor reasons for that, that is really not a big issue. Maybe the companies are not good, maybe poor management (I daresay most are) or maybe they are still searching for the "right environment, or right career path". They maybe lost but they may have great potential or have a great mindset somewhere. This may make it easier to "shape" them. One thing to value about them is at least they take action to rectify the situations by looking for other jobs. May or may not be true also. It is really depends on individuals.
3. They may appear to complain about the company. But at least they are being honest with that. Just need to look at what they are complaining, why they are complaining and did they try to do something to fix the problems? If they have done something and fail to change the company , I guess it is ok to point out the problems with the company. Do we want to listen to same old excuse for switching jobs or the truth? "Looking for better opportunity" vs "The company has not been able to deliver what was promised to me when I took the job"? If the candidate switch job after just a short period of employment, it is unlikely that looking for better opportunities can be a good reason. Thus, for that, it is better for the candidate to tell the truth. Of course, nobody will tell you they were not performing so they were let go.
Ok, no excuse to poorly written resume and lack of responsiveness during the interview. :)
Maybe I would blog more about this....