tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post1498267381403317397..comments2024-03-26T22:26:32.946-07:00Comments on by Richard R Becker: Searching For Courage: The Recruiting AnimalRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11249654290264168416noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post-20264307698933180772009-01-11T13:27:00.000-08:002009-01-11T13:27:00.000-08:00Jacob, Glad you could find it useful. My tactics a...Jacob, <BR/><BR/>Glad you could find it useful. My tactics are never to encourage assaults, but it does happen at times. My tactics are simply to encourage people to think, and sometimes when we do that ... well, you know.<BR/><BR/>I also glad that I pumped you up for your site. That was the only intention. :D<BR/><BR/>All my best, <BR/>RichRichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249654290264168416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post-20507375209153730832009-01-11T10:18:00.000-08:002009-01-11T10:18:00.000-08:00Good post, Rich. I enjoyed every word, and agree, ...Good post, Rich. I enjoyed every word, and agree, for the most part. While I think your tactics that nearly get people assaulting you may be a bit extreme, I think its needed these days. With a nation of people who react in fear, and a weakening sense of self worth based on said reactions, its important to find who the true leaders are in the mix. And you just pumped me up for my site. Still Jacob Summershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06048675136496493733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post-57244856678683607862007-11-28T14:22:00.000-08:002007-11-28T14:22:00.000-08:00Lewis,Hey, we're all human. I spoke to a interview...Lewis,<BR/><BR/>Hey, we're all human. I spoke to a interviewer who insisted that the only measure of public relations was the size of the rolodex. <BR/><BR/>In that instance, I completely neglected the fact I was being baited. How silly of me.<BR/><BR/>You are exactly right. We don't have to agree with people to understand them ... even if they make a personal attack. Sure, that sucks, but if we Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249654290264168416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post-51591641148507576722007-11-28T14:08:00.000-08:002007-11-28T14:08:00.000-08:00Rich,You are absolutely correct, and I recognize t...Rich,<BR/><BR/>You are absolutely correct, and I recognize that my impatience with interviewers destroys my message. But in that particular instance, I don't care because whatever respect I might have had for the interview is now gone.<BR/><BR/>In other instances, especially within conversations such as these, we do need to respond reasonably and intelligently, less we lose any chance of making Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post-76173624646019216422007-11-28T13:58:00.000-08:002007-11-28T13:58:00.000-08:00Lewis,Great points. I'm not a big advocate of need...Lewis,<BR/><BR/>Great points. I'm not a big advocate of needling especially (outside of teaching as it pertains to learning how to recognize and respond to such questions), but it is does represent a framed question as asked by interviewers in media and in recruitment. What I do, personally, is teach people how to respond those kinds of questions without becoming defensive. <BR/><BR/>Watch the Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249654290264168416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post-73829588049630033742007-11-28T13:09:00.000-08:002007-11-28T13:09:00.000-08:00Rich,If an interviewer asked me either of those qu...Rich,<BR/><BR/>If an interviewer asked me either of those questions, my responses would be something like these: First question--Then why are you wasting both your time and mine? (since experience is on our resumes and the interviewer is obviously unprepared for the interview); Second Question--Then you obviously are neither very perceptive nor a very good listener (because when I interview, as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post-72813352047076495622007-11-28T12:59:00.000-08:002007-11-28T12:59:00.000-08:00Hey Hawk, Thank you. I think questioning legal iss...Hey Hawk, <BR/><BR/>Thank you. I think questioning legal issues is always successful, even if you are fired. Being fearless is effortless ... only choosing to be fearless is hard. <BR/><BR/>And it is okay to not always succeed in living fearlessly; that's just being human. :)<BR/><BR/>Hey Vaspers, <BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for the comment. I think some bloggers demonstrate fearlessness where as Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249654290264168416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post-18579666177742956862007-11-28T12:50:00.000-08:002007-11-28T12:50:00.000-08:00Bloggers demonstrate fearlessness when they contin...Bloggers demonstrate fearlessness when they continue to express their, often controversial and combative, opinions.<BR/><BR/>To cringe at one's own words is fear or paranoia.<BR/><BR/>Blogging outspokenly will train a person to not fear. Even though the blogopathic opposers call you "liberal coward", "drive-by media", "hider behind computer", or "pajama clad Starbucks enthusiast".<BR/><BR/>;^)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10282351.post-25737647889604481822007-11-28T12:48:00.000-08:002007-11-28T12:48:00.000-08:00Very interesting post, Rich. Although I would nev...Very interesting post, Rich. Although I would never dream of trying out for Fear Factor, I would have to say that I am fearless when it comes to standing up for what I believe in. <BR/><BR/>At my current job, I am questioning things on a daily basis. On more than one occasion, I have told the owner if he wants it handled in such a way, he will need to do it himself, as I will not. Of course, Hawksdomainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889786904175619423noreply@blogger.com