Seinfeld had "Low-Talker" and "Mulva". We had "DNPG" - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-28T12:24:26Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/forum/topics/seinfeld-had-low-talker-and-mulva-we-had-dnpg?commentId=502551%3AComment%3A1466620&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGreg- Remember: In the end Je…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-11-28:502551:Comment:14727972011-11-28T19:17:32.183ZBill Schultzhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/BillSchultz
<p>Greg- Remember: In the end Jerry Seinfeld and all of his cohorts went to jail.....</p>
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<p>Greg- Remember: In the end Jerry Seinfeld and all of his cohorts went to jail.....</p>
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<p>;-)</p> Not here for Thanksgiving. M…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-11-27:502551:Comment:14723852011-11-27T17:55:00.576ZCora Mae Lengemanhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/CoraMaeLengeman
<p><br></br> Not here for Thanksgiving. My younger sister passed away un-expectantly and most of my family has moved out of state or to the UP of Michigan so my home became the gathering place and hotel up to and after her memorial. They all left by Wednesday evening.</p>
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<p>I think you should know that even though I found your story telling hilarious and your story a complete horror story; I would never make fun of any candidate. When I did work at a firm with other recruiters there were…</p>
<p><br/> Not here for Thanksgiving. My younger sister passed away un-expectantly and most of my family has moved out of state or to the UP of Michigan so my home became the gathering place and hotel up to and after her memorial. They all left by Wednesday evening.</p>
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<p>I think you should know that even though I found your story telling hilarious and your story a complete horror story; I would never make fun of any candidate. When I did work at a firm with other recruiters there were never any jokes about candidates - or clients for that matter - the professionalism toward each person we met was a part of us - a part of what set us apart from other firms. There were no nicknames, no funny comments, and certainly no making fun of anyone we talked to or met. Always professional at all times – even when not working, as you never know who you will run into - candidate or client or potential client. I treat my own practice, which I started in 1993, with the same professionalism. This may be why I am able to have so many clients referred to me by people I have met or talked to and been able to weather the recession without lowering my service fees, standards or income. When I deal with people in my practice I deal with them as professionals - as the professional I hope I am and they are or try to be. Some may falter at times of stress or nervousness but that doesn't mean they are to be the cause of jokes for our entertainment. So, while I totally disagree with your firms actions towards people – do you know all the members of RBC? I believe some are not third party recruiters - I think you are a good story teller.<br/> <cite>Greg Eastmer said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.recruitingblogs.com/forum/topics/seinfeld-had-low-talker-and-mulva-we-had-dnpg?id=502551%3ATopic%3A1466006&page=3#502551Comment1471431"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">Thank you for the compliment Cora. I have had a horror story similar to yours as well. With all that family around, it sounds like you will be enjoying a great Thanksgiving. Have fun!</div>
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</blockquote> And then there was Nervous Ne…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-11-16:502551:Comment:14666212011-11-16T00:17:11.529ZSandra McCartthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/SandraMcCartt
<p>And then there was Nervous Nellie who took a friend's valium the night before her drug test because she was nervous about taking the drug test. Her comment when asked what she was thinking was, "It looks like Nervous Nellie shot herself in the foot all by herself." And we all laughed including Nervous Nellie.</p>
<p>And then there was Nervous Nellie who took a friend's valium the night before her drug test because she was nervous about taking the drug test. Her comment when asked what she was thinking was, "It looks like Nervous Nellie shot herself in the foot all by herself." And we all laughed including Nervous Nellie.</p> @Greg,
...oh the horror of it…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-11-15:502551:Comment:14666202011-11-15T23:50:37.082ZValentino Martinezhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ValentinoMartinez
<p>@Greg,</p>
<p>...oh the horror of it is you still don't get it. Making fun of candidates seeking employment who come under your inspection and somehow fail to pass do not need to be made poster children for your official amusement. And to crow about it on the RBC paints a picture of a bunch of recruiters having a laugh at the expense of job applicants. </p>
<p>You sound like you’re bursting with funny stories you want to share here and it looks like you have found the appropriate audience…</p>
<p>@Greg,</p>
<p>...oh the horror of it is you still don't get it. Making fun of candidates seeking employment who come under your inspection and somehow fail to pass do not need to be made poster children for your official amusement. And to crow about it on the RBC paints a picture of a bunch of recruiters having a laugh at the expense of job applicants. </p>
<p>You sound like you’re bursting with funny stories you want to share here and it looks like you have found the appropriate audience because it seems like I’m the only one who views it as unprofessional and below a standard I live by. If that’s the case…I might have under estimated this group and the sense of common decency I thought existed here. Being put down for it is truly a surprise. Go figure.</p> Hogwash Tino! I am never und…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-11-15:502551:Comment:14668152011-11-15T23:43:23.372ZSandra McCartthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/SandraMcCartt
<p>Hogwash Tino! I am never under the delusion that my opinion is anything but my opinion.</p>
<p>If you feel like you are being brow beaten i think that may be your problem. If i state my opinion or you state yours and anbody takes exception to it defend it or don't.</p>
<p>what all of us are talking about here is the labeling that we do internally of crazy candidates who do bizarre crazy stuff. Do we make fun of them by labeling them. I don't think so. I doubt that any of us would face…</p>
<p>Hogwash Tino! I am never under the delusion that my opinion is anything but my opinion.</p>
<p>If you feel like you are being brow beaten i think that may be your problem. If i state my opinion or you state yours and anbody takes exception to it defend it or don't.</p>
<p>what all of us are talking about here is the labeling that we do internally of crazy candidates who do bizarre crazy stuff. Do we make fun of them by labeling them. I don't think so. I doubt that any of us would face to face call the candidate "The Crazy Box Guy", "Parkin' Parker, DNPG, or any of the other labels we put on them.</p>
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<p>As to spinning this away from recruiters calling fruit cakes , fruit cakes or any other label. I believe you mentioned that you take exception to anyone in a professional role who has a unique position to do so making fun of someone. Thus my referfence to several other instances where people are labled and/or given less than politically correct nicknames. </p>
<p>I am more than happy to fly with the dirty birds who don't regard every nutty thing that happens as a teachable moment and have no problem sticking a funny label on a candidate who does outlandish, crazy things. I do not find it reprehensible, if you do then don't do it. As an animal advocate your profile pic of a terrified animal diving into a crowd to escape the horror of a bull fight turns my stomach but i know that you are probably not an advocate of torturing animals and simply found the pic of a large bull diving into a crowd as funny. I would suggest to you that those of us who label our crazy candidates are no different than you thinking that the bull diving into the crowd is funny. So i won't blast you about the bull or the bull fight based on my personal feelings about bull fighting making you a bad guy because you use it as a profile picture or accuse you of taking the low road because you use it. There's a teachable moment for you.</p>
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You do what you feel i…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-11-15:502551:Comment:14664962011-11-15T23:29:17.634ZValentino Martinezhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ValentinoMartinez
<p>@Greg,</p>
<p>You do what you feel is right. You're on a roll.</p>
<p>@Jerry,</p>
<p>I'm not here to keep you in line. You’re on your own recognizance and I'm entitled to my opinion. Can you dig it?</p>
<p>@Greg,</p>
<p>You do what you feel is right. You're on a roll.</p>
<p>@Jerry,</p>
<p>I'm not here to keep you in line. You’re on your own recognizance and I'm entitled to my opinion. Can you dig it?</p> Had an engineering candidate…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-11-15:502551:Comment:14667092011-11-15T22:47:46.847ZJerry Albrighthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/JerryAlbright
<p>Had an engineering candidate go into a client interview with a shoe box tightly secured with "probably hundreds of rubber bands" to quote my client.</p>
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<p>When asked "What's in the box?" he replied "Everything I just might ever need."</p>
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<p>We did not make fun of him. He did not get the job. We still call him "The Crazy Box Guy".</p>
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<p>Is this out of line? I think not. I'm an old (and getting older) recruiter who has seen it all.....until someone else who's…</p>
<p>Had an engineering candidate go into a client interview with a shoe box tightly secured with "probably hundreds of rubber bands" to quote my client.</p>
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<p>When asked "What's in the box?" he replied "Everything I just might ever need."</p>
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<p>We did not make fun of him. He did not get the job. We still call him "The Crazy Box Guy".</p>
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<p>Is this out of line? I think not. I'm an old (and getting older) recruiter who has seen it all.....until someone else who's seen it all tells me about something they've seen which I never have seen........Can ya dig it?</p> @Sandra,
If there is anyone o…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-11-15:502551:Comment:14664932011-11-15T22:29:58.030ZValentino Martinezhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ValentinoMartinez
<p>@Sandra,</p>
<p>If there is anyone on this planet who is in the business of lecturing it's you. You're pride in being "funny, (and) sarcastic..." always amount to be a lecture of sorts on the RBC. And if anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of one of your tirades could look up at the truck that just ran over them--they'd see a license plate that reads, "holier than thou". </p>
<p>And you're right. You're not giving Gregg a pass. You're giving him a boost which would make you…</p>
<p>@Sandra,</p>
<p>If there is anyone on this planet who is in the business of lecturing it's you. You're pride in being "funny, (and) sarcastic..." always amount to be a lecture of sorts on the RBC. And if anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of one of your tirades could look up at the truck that just ran over them--they'd see a license plate that reads, "holier than thou". </p>
<p>And you're right. You're not giving Gregg a pass. You're giving him a boost which would make you birds of a feather. EVERYTHING is a teachable moment. Exactly what are you teaching, or should I say, Preaching? What goes on in AA meeting is totally unrelated to the "holier than thou" judgements Greg, his crew and now you seem to be handing out.</p>
<p>And trying to brow beat me into not confronting BS that has an odor says more about you than it does about me. And spinning this discussion away from job applicants being made fun of by recruiters is not lost on the literate. You're dealing two pair to four Aces.</p> @Tino, i am not giving Gregg…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-11-15:502551:Comment:14664902011-11-15T21:45:54.088ZSandra McCartthttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/SandraMcCartt
<p>@Tino, i am not giving Gregg a pass. I am right there with him. Anybody who could not laugh at or poke fun at old "Parking Parker" the parking lot romeo is making life way too short. If you want to see a group of people make fun of others because they are in a unique position to do so go to an open AA meeting sometime and listen to the recovering community counselors tell their own and other's drunk-a-logs.</p>
<p>Not everything is a "teachable moment" in my world, some things are just…</p>
<p>@Tino, i am not giving Gregg a pass. I am right there with him. Anybody who could not laugh at or poke fun at old "Parking Parker" the parking lot romeo is making life way too short. If you want to see a group of people make fun of others because they are in a unique position to do so go to an open AA meeting sometime and listen to the recovering community counselors tell their own and other's drunk-a-logs.</p>
<p>Not everything is a "teachable moment" in my world, some things are just bizarre and funny.</p>
<p>I think your attitude of using the bizarre as a training tool is great but i find your frontal blast here just a bit more than "holier than thou". But then, i'm a funny , sarcastic bitch who will not tolerate being lectured by anyone.</p>
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<p> </p> well i think the golden rule…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2011-11-15:502551:Comment:14665172011-11-15T21:44:45.746ZBill Schultzhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/BillSchultz
<p>well i think the golden rule would necessitate that you turn the other cheek in regards to those who break it. just my opinion.</p>
<p>well i think the golden rule would necessitate that you turn the other cheek in regards to those who break it. just my opinion.</p>