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Jobs lost over bad manners for graduates
(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2006-02-23 16:21 A large number of university
students don't know how to conduct themselves at job fairs or interviews, and
often whittle their chances of landing a job, according to human resource
managers.
At job fairs held in Shanghai last weekend, some first-time job seekers were
making cell phone calls while they submitted their resumes to recruiters. Others
ask employers to send the resume back if they don't hire the applicants.
HR managers said many female applicants dress improperly for interviews, or
wear too much make-up.
About 10 percent of students are either late for interviews or cancel them
without notice.
Some individuals follow up interviews with a constant barrage of phone calls
to see if they got the job, recruiters said.
"HR managers will feel irritated when seeing this kind of disrespectful
behavior," said Miumiu Yu, an agent with Zhaopin.com, an online headhunting
firm.
An HR manager surnamed Shen said that he has seen countless students with
brilliant academic records lose the chance to land a job because they lack basic
social manners.
He said one company he works with rejected a woman who had done well in the
interview, because of her poor manners during a car ride back to the firm's
office.
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