THE INTERVIEW (230 hits)

THE RECESSION IS HITTING EVERYONE AND IT IS HITTING HARD. I AM NO EXCEPTION. MY JOB IS CUTTING HOURS AND NEXT MONTH LAY OFFS ARE COMING. SO I HAVE BEEN JOB HUNTING. I FOUND A COMPANY IN MY AREA HIRING IN MY FIELD. I APPLIED ONLINE AND SECURED AN INTERVIEW. TODAY I WENT TO THE INTERVIEW. THE PROCESS WAS 3 1/2 HOURS LONG. IT INVOLVED A SLIDE SHOW PRESENTATION, ANY CORRECTIONS NEEDED TO APPLICATIONS WERE DONE, TESTING, AND A BRIEF ONE ON ONE INTERVIEW WHERE YOU LEARNED IF YOU PASSED THE TEST AND HAD A POSSIBILITY OF A SECOND INTERVIEW. WELL, I PASSED THE TEST AND WAS TOLD I CAN EXPECT AN EMAIL FOR A SECOND INTERVIEW WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. OF COURSE THIS DEPENDS ON THE OUTCOME OF THE BACKGROUND CHECK. I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT. I'M NO CRIMINAL. I INCLUDED ON MY APP THE TICKET I GOT IN 2007 FOR DRIVING WTHOUT A LICENSE AND FAILURE TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN SO THEY CANNOT SLAP "WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU YOU ARE NO LONGER A CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION DUE TO YOUR FAILURE TO DISCLOSE" SPEECH ON ME. WE WERE TOLD AFTER THE PRESENTATION THAT FAILURE TO INCLUDE TRAFFIC TICKETS AS AN ANSWER TO " HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CONVICTED?" WOULD AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFY YOU. SO I REVISED MY APP TO INCLUDE THE TICKET I GOT IN 2007. NOW I GOT THIS TICKET ONE DAY AFTER GETTING THE BRAKES REPLACED ON MY CAR BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MECHANIC. HIS POLICY IS YOU TEST DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO ASSURE IT IS TO YOUR SATISFACTION BEFORE YOU PAY HIM. I WAS OUTSIDE ALREADY AND JUST JUMPED IN TO GO AROUND THE BLOCK. I WAS TEST DRIVING THE CAR, GOING AROUND THE BLOCK. I DID A "ROLLING STOP" ON THE CORNER FROM MY HOUSE. THE TRAFFIC WAS 2 BLOCKS DOWN, NO DANGER. BUT ONE OF THE CARS HAPPEN TO BE THE POLICE, ONE MALE ONE FEMALE. I EXPLAINED WHY I DID NOT HAVE LICENSE ON ME AND I WAS RIGHTR DOWN FROM MY HOUSE. WE COULD GO THERE AND I CAN SHOW MY LICENSE. THE RAN MY NAME TO VERIFY. IT CAME BACK THAT I WAS TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT MY ADDRESS. BUT I STILL WOULD GET THE TICKET FOR THE STOP SIGN. NO PROBLEM. AS THE MALE COP WAS WRITING THE TICKET FOR FAILURE TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN, THE FEMALE COP TOLD HIM HE HAD TO INCLUDE THE LICENSE OFFENSE. SHE DIDN'T LIKE IT THAT THE MALE COP TOLD ME SINCE I DIDN'T LIE TO THEM HE WOULD ONLY GIVE ME THE TICKET FOR THE STOP SIGN AND GAVE ME A WARNING TO NOT DO IT AGAIN. SO I GOT THE TICKET FOR BOTH OFFENSES. IT COST ME $280.00 AND I PAID IT IN A TIMELY MANNER.

BUT I DIGRESS. MY POINT ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS GETTING THAT TICKET DOES NOT MAKE ME A CRIMINAL. IT WAS PAID AND FORGOTTEN. SO WHY IS IT IMPOTRANT THAT I DISCLOSE A TRAFFIC TICKET LIKE THAT AS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE ON A JOB APPLICATION?
I WAS NOT CONVICTED FOR IT, DIDN'T EVEN GO TO COURT ABOUT IT. WHEN DID IT BECOME A PART OF THE HIRING PROCESS TO DISCLOSE TRAFFIC TICKETS AS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE IF THE JOB YOU ARE APPLYING FOR DOES NOT INVOLVE DRIVING FOR ANYONE. THE JOB IS IN AN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT. NO DRIVING INVOLVED. I COULD UNDERSTAND IT BETTER IF THE JOB INVOLVED DRIVING.

SO IF ANYONE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR INCITE THEY CAN SHARE WITH ME ON THIS ISSUE, PLEASE DO. I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS.

THANKS FOR LISTENING.

BLESSINGS,
BETTY HULBERT Posted By: BETTY HULBERT
Monday, June 1st 2009 at 6:46PM
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