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b'Hello all, Marty T Hawkins here with Warehouse and Operations as a Career where we talk about what we do, what we are passionate about which is the many Warehousing, Transportation and Operations Careers available to us. We have a lot of fun with the Podcast and try our best to get to all your questions and thoughts about the jobs and the task we as associates perform each day. As I\\u2019ve mentioned before now, please don\\u2019t hold us too to high of expectations regarding our audio or production capabilities. We\\u2019re just Op\\u2019s guy\\u2019s sharing our experiences in the industry and wanting to hear about yours. All of our guests volunteer their time and really enjoy sharing their experiences and expertise with our WAOC group! I really enjoy our Facebook and Twitter feeds too, look us up @whseandops and we like the Warehouse Equipment Operators Community Group on Facebook as well! If you are enjoying the shows each week shoot us an email to host@warehouseandoperationsasacareer.com, it\\u2019s great seeing all the communications each week!
\\nI\\u2019ve sensed a lot of, I don\\u2019t know, I\\u2019ll call it frustration lately when I\\u2019m out and about so today lets talk about that a little. Earlier this week I was hanging around a Recruiting office and met a young lady that was seeking employment, a really frustrated applicant that turned out to be at her wits end searching for work. She came in and greeted everyone, she seemed to be in a great mood. It was around mid-morning and she was able to be seen immediately by a recruiter and got set up to fill out an on-line application. On-line applications seem to be everywhere now, don\\u2019t you long for the good old days when paper was king? Computers can be finicky for me and it seems there\\u2019s so many more lines on an electronic application than there was on the paper long form one\\u2019s!
\\nAnyway she completed it and was seen immediately by a hiring agent where a position was discussed, something she\\u2019d be perfect for by the way, a really good opportunity I think. The recruiter was setting up her drug screen and explaining the process for her 2nd interview, more of a formality really in her case. That\\u2019s about when things kind of came unraveled for her. You know job hunting is tough and it\\u2019s stressful. It sounded like she had already been on an interview earlier that morning, possibly several the day before and I think hearing that there\\u2019d be a second interview was just more than she could hear at that moment. She became frustrated, almost emotional, and just left stating she needed work today! Look, it\\u2019s hard. The hiring process can take time. As we\\u2019ve discussed a couple of times here on WAOC, in many instances we can make it a little easier by keeping our heads, know and understand what we\\u2019re wanting or what we\\u2019re looking for. I think it\\u2019s important that we do a little research on prospective employers, we can make a list, even a long list of places with the jobs, hours and schedules and the opportunities that we\\u2019re looking for. Even when exploring temporary agencies or staffing companies we need to know what their offerings are. It\\u2019s pretty easy to find out what companies their sourcing for and making sure it\\u2019ll be a fit for us and our families. It\\u2019s tough, we may have been out of work for a while and need a job that starts right now, today, but that could hurt us more than it helps us. I suggest, whenever possibly, and I know life gets in our way more often than not, but whenever we can that we attack our job searches and inquiry\\u2019s as responsibly as possible. Attack it the way we\\u2019re going to perform at the tasks we\\u2019re hired for! I think this position could have been perfect for her and she\\u2019d have been a great fit for the company. It was just the wrong day, or maybe the wrong hour for her, she just wasn\\u2019t ready and maybe a bit worn out, job searching is tough but we can prepare for it and make it pay off in our favor!
\\nHer story brings to mind a call I received early last month.'