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Guest | | Re: How important... (10th Jan 08 at 4:27am UTC) | | I think first impressions are important. This has nothing whatsoever to do with looks. Making impressions on someone does what it says: It makes an impression on them. Something like that sticks with you. For example, if someone is rude to me the first moment I meet them, from then on I will think of that person as someone who is rude to people, even if they don't know the person. Now, maybe that person was just having a bad day, but I still can't help but think of them in the way I specified.  | |
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pmmsn | | Re: How important... (10th Jan 08 at 6:45am UTC) | | I admit that it is a human fallacy that tempts us to make up our minds about things at first glance, but I try hard to resist it. When meeting new people, I am initially all clammed up and I will take time to open up to somebody once I know I've read the person well enough.
First impressions really do matter. If I was an employer if you walked in smelly, rude to a little girl, and just stole a little boy's lollipop right in front of me, think I am going to hire you?
A job requires efficiency. A boss can't possibly select someone randomly and then wait for a month to "get to know the person" before really deciding. But Life is different from a Job. | |
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pmwww | | Re: How important... (10th Jan 08 at 10:15am UTC) | | A job requires efficiency. A boss can't possibly select someone randomly and then wait for a month to "get to know the person" before really deciding. But Life is different from a Job.
Technically they could, it's called a Probation period | |
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pmmsn | | Re: How important... (10th Jan 08 at 3:10pm UTC) | | | But probation is based on how well the employee can do the job. I don't think it really has much to do with how neat/polite the employee is. Nobody wants the absence of those qualities in an employee so thats usually via first impressions. | |
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pmwww | | Re: How important... (10th Jan 08 at 8:34pm UTC) | | It depends on the job, really - at the shop i work at there are only 8 of us on the department and we have to work together so having someone that is a team player, can be friendly as well as task orientated and is, above all, good at their job. We recently had a temp that was good at the job, but wasn't helpful, didn't talk that much and didn't seem to want to be part of the group as much as we tried integrating him. Alas, he was let go. 
However, other jobs that aren't reliant on teamwork/customer interaction mean that different qualities are needed. Horses for courses really  | |
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