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ck4829

(35,094 posts)
Mon Mar 18, 2024, 10:22 AM Mar 18

Question to America: If you are looking for a job, you can face: drug tests, social media checks, reference checks, you

might have account for every single gap in your resume longer than a month, and more. And we're not talking about high profile jobs, or jobs where you'll come into contact with lots of money, jobs operating heavy equipment, or interacting with children and/or vulnerable populations.

I'm talking about minimum and near-minimum wage jobs here.

You know people who have been there.
You know people who are there.
You might have been there.
I have been there.

You NEED a job to pay the bills, to pay the rent, and to put food on the table and you faced this level of scrutiny; and yet you are actually thinking about just handing one to Trump? Why?

You're the hiring manager here, not him. If you saw that resume anywhere else; if he told you in the interview everything was everybody else's fault, that everybody is conspiring against him, that there was record turnover in what he managed, that he circumvented policy to put acting secretaries in place, that he handed out pardons to his inner circle like candy, that drugs were handed out like candy, he just brings crooks like Michael Flynn in, and then there's the state of economy in 2017 vs 2021, that he was impeached twice, and let's not forget the antics on January 6... then would you hire someone who did things like that?

There's a lot of you that complain about affirmative action, about immigrants supposedly taking your jobs, so how would you feel if you were passed over for a job so that someone with a record far worse than your record and accomplishments could have the job?

If you are OK with this level of scrutiny that you face when you look for a job, why not apply it to Donald Trump?

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Question to America: If you are looking for a job, you can face: drug tests, social media checks, reference checks, you (Original Post) ck4829 Mar 18 OP
A most excellent point. niyad Mar 18 #1
Dip couldn't fill out a job app. Kid Berwyn Mar 18 #2
Nope not this. Hope22 Mar 18 #11
Exactly. I have been through many of the things OP covered. TSExile Mar 18 #3
To go even further mercuryblues Mar 18 #4
POS is unfit for a job at 7-Eleven dalton99a Mar 18 #5
Thank you for an excellent post. The HR department would shred his application in 10 seconds. erronis Mar 18 #6
He should be forced to take a drug test. He probably would not pass it. Lonestarblue Mar 18 #7
Don't do a credit check on his bloated orange ass. rubbersole Mar 18 #8
Ohhh...good one! Hope22 Mar 18 #9
I thought about this with the Kavanaugh nomination heckles65 Mar 18 #10
Trumpty Dumpty ain't even qualified to scoop my cat's litter box!! Ziggysmom Mar 18 #12
or any other trump party official. hear hear. AllaN01Bear Mar 18 #13
Several idiots and extremely gullible humans would say.. chouchou Mar 18 #14

Hope22

(1,879 posts)
11. Nope not this.
Mon Mar 18, 2024, 12:02 PM
Mar 18

He could cross contaminate the area in addition to stinking up the place…or so I’m told!

TSExile

(2,492 posts)
3. Exactly. I have been through many of the things OP covered.
Mon Mar 18, 2024, 11:02 AM
Mar 18

Why, oh, why is the bar so low for elected officials??? TSF couldn't hack an assistant manager at McDonald's position.

mercuryblues

(14,547 posts)
4. To go even further
Mon Mar 18, 2024, 11:20 AM
Mar 18

The applicant was fired for threatening co-workers and bosses, not doing his job, misappropriating funds and more.
He comes back 4 years later and says if you don't hire me back, it's going to be a bloodbath in here.

I would be calling 911 on his ass.

erronis

(15,371 posts)
6. Thank you for an excellent post. The HR department would shred his application in 10 seconds.
Mon Mar 18, 2024, 11:45 AM
Mar 18

We should really make every applicant for any elected position in the federal government fill out a resume with a slew of questions requiring intelligent answers and backup information.

These should be put in public record with personal information redacted as needed. Let the public see what these "public servants" have to offer.

Oh, and do an interview of the applicant to see if they even know what they wrote. That may keep Smelvis from using Stevie Miller's words.

heckles65

(549 posts)
10. I thought about this with the Kavanaugh nomination
Mon Mar 18, 2024, 12:01 PM
Mar 18

People were writing about "but he's never been convicted in a court of law!"

Baloney. A Supreme Court confirmation is not a criminal records check, it's a JOB INTERVIEW. Like I've had dozens of times. And when you have a black mark in your past, how you respond is critical.

Whether it was "a woman claimed you tried to rape her" or any other serious accusation, I would have to meet it head-on and keep my cool. If I responded by breaking into tears, and vowing revenge on those who brought it to the interviewer's attention, I guarantee I would NOT get the job.

Ziggysmom

(3,419 posts)
12. Trumpty Dumpty ain't even qualified to scoop my cat's litter box!!
Mon Mar 18, 2024, 12:15 PM
Mar 18

I treasure my fur babies and would not let a lunatic near them!

chouchou

(645 posts)
14. Several idiots and extremely gullible humans would say..
Mon Mar 18, 2024, 12:35 PM
Mar 18

"He was chosen by God" (Excuse me..I have to go barf..)

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