Are you ready for todays job seekers?

We all have adapted our marketing efforts, processing, service and operations around the demands of today's renter, but what about today's job seekers? Has anyone started offering skpye interviews? Also what are some of your most bizarre experiences going through the hiring process?

We recently had a grandmother inquire about a position for her grandson and when he was called for an interview she brought him and even requested to sit in on the interview where she proceeded to have questions for us. I've also had parents call employees off sick and inquire about their reviews. Are the youth today accepting this is how you find employment and when did the parents/grandparents forget all common sense? I don't know about you, but for me I just can't adapt to this "new" way of job seeking and can't take the individual as a serious applicant if they can't speak for themselves. How will they be able to respond to my customers and even myself? Just thought it would be fun to share unique experiences with one another on today's job seekers and how you are adapting or ignoring.

I thought the parent sitting in on the interview thing was a GenY urban legend. I can't believe you actually encountered such a case!

As we work to redesign our website, we are really looking to open up the lines of communication with our Leasing Specialist. The "Ethics & Workplace Survey” from Deloitte stated that the biggest obstacle to hiring and reducing turnover of GenY employees is promoting an atmosphere of "transparent communication and trust in leadership"

In other words, enhancing communication between employee and managment is priority number 1. and that is what we hope to sell to potential hires.

I once interviewed a young woman for leasing agent position, and asked the question "What makes a good boss". She said someone who is patient. She had been working for her dad so I thought that made sense b/c it can be hard to work for a parent. I should have taken that as a sign. Even if I gave her the same direction 3 times, she wouldn't remember it.

I gave her a written plan for improvement & discussed it w/ her. No improvement so let her go. Her mother actually called to beg for her daughter's job back, to give her a 2nd chance & asked me what she had done wrong. I told her that personnel issues could not be discussed with anyone other than an the employee & suggested she ask her daughter what she thought was the problem. I also suggested that she have her daughter come pick up the personal items she had left behind which included the aforementioned "plan for improvement" and the vehicle she had borrowed from her dad & parked in our lot in a space reserved for "future residents". She had actually parked it there & forgotten where she left it. I had to call her dad a week later to have him pick it up!

...and this girl was already a mother. I feel sorry for her child. It did not surprise me that the employee couldn't think on her own at work since apparently her parents never taught her how to make her own decisions & would follow up to clean up after her bad decisions.

Wow, I don't think I have ever encountered such extreme behaviors (I have a hard enough time when my mom visits and wants to see where I work, let alone having her come with me to an interview!!). However, one pet peeve of mine is how my Gen Y peers (especially young women) dress for work. You aren't going clubbing - be respectful with what you are wearing to the office. I'm sure you wouldn't want your boyfriend/husband's female coworkers showing up in provocative outfits, so why would you?

Once had a guy bring his kitten to an interview~~~said he had got her from the Humane Society and he just couldn't leave her alone! I am an animal lover and very compassionate. The Kitten was adorable! Didn't hire him!!