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jjll

Why do shops not advertise anymore just give it to friends of people who alreafy work there. Was walking through a shop and the manager was approached by a worker and said this is the girl i was talking about and the manaher said ok see you tomo at 8

spurious

jjll wrote: »

Why do shops not advertise anymore just give it to friends of people who alreafy work there. Was walking through a shop and the manager was approached by a worker and said this is the girl i was talking about and the manaher said ok see you tomo at 8

How do you know that meant the person had a job? It could have been anything they were coming in at 8 for, including an interview.

There are lots of reasons a business would like someone known to a member of staff, particularly if said member of staff was a reliable worker.

randylonghorn

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jjll

spurious wrote: »

How do you know that meant the person had a job? It could have been anything they were coming in at 8 for, including an interview.

There are lots of reasons a business would like someone known to a member of staff, particularly if said member of staff was a reliable worker.

was in next day she was working there

XxMCRxBabyxX

jjll wrote: »

was in next day she was working there

Was she working or on a trial?

You're assuming an awful lot of things here.

The girl could have been working a trial.
The girl could have applied with a CV, had an interview, been hired, come in for a get-to-know-you interview with one of the staff, and they were merely introducing her to the manager.
The 'manager' may not even be the manager.
The girl might not be a friend of anyone.

I don't see how one person introducing another person to the manager means they've unfairly gotten a job. Even if she was a friend of that worker, she still could have gotten the job perfectly fairly.

Any time anyone is employed where I work, they get taken around to meet everyone, and the conversation usually goes "This is .... that I was telling you about", followed by "Oh hi, I'll see you here tomorrow".

Sleepy

Take it as a lesson. Once a private business isn't discriminating on age/gender/race/sexuality when they've advertised a job opening, they're free to hire whoever they like.

Why hire someone who's recommended by an existing employee? Well, for a start, they're likely to fit into the team if one of your staff is already friends with them. They've instantly got a mentor to go to for advice if they don't understand anything. You're not having to pay recruitment agencies, for a classified ad in the paper, etc. You've a reasonable expectation that they're honest (as none of us are likely to recommend a mate we know to be light-fingered to our boss).

The only place where recruitment is supposed to be "fair" is in the case of the public sector and, even there, there seems to be an awful lot of nieces/nephews of existing staff who rise to the top of the panel.

Life isn't fair and the faster you accept that, the happier you'll be.

Princess Peach

The shop I worked in for years was busy during the summer and Christmas so would hire almost all of the temporary/part-time staff on a recommendation basis. Made perfect business sense.

Costs money and time to advertise and hire for a position, not really worth the while for unskilled sales staff. Managers would just ask if we knew anyone looking, and people always did.

You'd get the odd bad worker from this method, but for the most part people will recommend good workers. I know I had friend's who asked me to recommend them and I said no, knowing it would reflect bad on me if they weren't reliable.

Maybe not fair, but totally understandable.