Last week, I gave my yearly address last week at the SSEA Academy. I was flown first class to Montreal and a steward (or footman) escorted me as I debarked to a stretch limo; after 35 minutes, I entered the building and put "les" final touches on my presentation.
The presentation was called "6 questions to ask yourself before you embark on a career as an HR Lady". The emphasis is on before. The point being that far too many HR ladies are in the market, and only the best get to the top. My presentation was "geared" to acess "one's" chances of getting to the top, not being just a run of the mill recruiter with a fancy title like "Talent Acquistion Management."
These five questions are in English, and should remain in English. Very few top HR managers use any other language but English at work.
1) Can you feign compassion?
2) Do you have qualms about hiring illegal immigrants?
3) Can you understand poor English with no grammatical structure or spoken a thick accent, even on a conference call near a construction site or train station?
4) Do you love people, up to a point, with that point changing all along as per the profitablity of the company?
5) Can you organize fun days, parties and events, and appear to be perky, even if you feel, deep down inside, that you prefer to be an introverted bookkeeper?
6) Can you text on 4 phones simultaneously?
Quesion 2, by the way, is tricky. Because on all other questions, a yes get you five points, not so question 2. There is another tricky question: number 3. Because sometimes, English may be the language the nerd thinks he is speaking, but it isn't. A Scottish nerd comes to mind.
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