job applications & resumes

before finishing high school, everyone should be taught how to fill out a job application and / or create a resume, as well as learn how to interview.

at lunch in tex-ass the other day, i overheard (what, me eavesdropping!?!) some guys talking about the hiring process they are going through for their restaurant.

one of the guys interviewed a 19-year-old guy who listed "fired" as the reasons for leaving the 3 jobs he's ever had.

when the guy asked the interviewee to explain why he got fired he was brutally honest. too honest.

apparently, he got fired from red robin for eating cheese out of the big vats in the cooler. (k - remind you of anything we did in our youth?) he got fired from wal*mart for almost driving a cart, on which he was riding, into an elderly lady (k - again, does that sound familiar?), and finally, he was fired from sam's club because they found out about the cart incident at wal*mart.

if anyone had taken the time to teach this kid how to spin the bad things that happen in your life, he may have had a shot.

i am the perfect example of what a good spin doctor can do. :-)