Hiring Challenges in 2017: Are They Crazy or Lazy?

In my family, many stories were told of grandparents that suffered through the great depression. It was instilled in me at a very young age to give 110% of yourself in all that you do. Anything less is dishonest to yourself, employer, family, friends, etc. My challenge is that this mindset seems to be gone for the majority of people I encounter today, and I wanted to dig into the reasons for that.

I don’t think many people understand or have had that feeling of accomplishment or pride in a job well done. It has a lot to do with how we take so much for granted as a society.

At Kenton Brothers, we believe in a very in-depth interview process that includes a phone interview, multiple face-to-face interviews and often a cultural index profiler. After we’ve gone through all these steps, we find a small percentage of awesome candidates that we bring on board and the remainder we can often separate into two classes:

Crazy

These are the people that throw their trash on the floor when the trash can is full. They claim to have extreme emergencies and need to leave work without notice for a beauty appointment. They explain that they were fired from their previous position during the interview process for not being able to perform their job duties due to too many personal issues.

Lazy

These are the people that find every excuse under the sun to never come to work, surf the internet instead of doing their job, text messaging all day long or taking care of personal business and life at work while they are on the clock.

At Kenton Brothers, we have core values that are the foundation of our business. They include ethics, integrity and dependability. These ideals are what we expect from ourselves and our team members. It makes me wonder daily why the trend seems to be less about being a hardworking, dedicated employee and more about the “What can you do for me?” trend.

I would love to hear your feedback! I think that people need to remember what a privilege it is to have all that we have in today’s society. We should all work towards taking pride in what we do. I hope you’ll join me to encourage your friends, coworkers, family and future generations the importance of doing for others and the satisfaction that comes with a job well done!