This morning, N. and I drove to Naperville, for Salon Manager training.
We were there to learn the new interviewing methodology, as handed down by Corporate, which was intended to supplement the recruiting methodology that we'd covered 3 weeks earlier.
Despite the fact that the existing recruiting and interviewing standards are pretty fine as they are. But whatever. Not in charge, have no say. Move on.
N. had appropriated her store's "Staffing Binder," since we now take all applications online and have no need to store paper copies anymore.
And I decided that was a great idea, so I wouldn't have several file folders of whatnot about generalized recruiting, and stuff like specific stylists information. Plus. we were given some handouts that really have no home, but would be great in a binder like that.
As everyone touched base on how recruiting was going, I mentioned that I was concerned because no one I'd directed to apply online had done so. It was suggested that I focus on following up with the stylists that I had already spoken to, and go back through my older application and recruiting files to touch base with people that had applied in the last year or so.
I decided I'd get on that first thing when I went in to work this afternoon, and felt all good and motivated to do the part of my job that I like the least.
Imagine my surprise when I took down the "Staffing Binder" from the shelf of binders, only to discover that the Admin had cleaned out the contents, as per an organizational Corporate directive from the prior week.
I can see throwing out the store applications that were like 6 months old, but to go through and toss over 2 years of applications, contact information, notes about stylists, stylist leads, and the like that belonged to the salon, without asking anyone, boggles my mind.
One of my pay stubs from like 2 years ago was recently discovered behind the filing cabinet, and then immediately put in my in/out box, for criminy's sake.
And of course, not only did the trash get taken to the dumpster this morning, but the dumpster was also emptied by a garbage truck shortly thereafter.
Which leaves me in the position of having to start over from scratch, which I suppose is sort of a good thing.
And I get to tell the DM that I couldn't follow up with anyone, because my files have magically disappeared in a fit of spring cleaning.
It would figure that immediately after I finally g0t off my slack ass and bothered to file all my applications, assessments, leads, etc, after having it all sit around for months in a variety of places, and immediately before I got all motivated to actually use all of that information for the powers of good, it got pitched.
Because that's how my life works.
In other news, I also received a letter today from Capitol One, informing me that because of my excellent credit history with their company, I was eligible for some large, extremely high interest loans they were offering customers.
And me? I hate Capitol One with a passion that burns with the fire of ten thousand suns.
We were there to learn the new interviewing methodology, as handed down by Corporate, which was intended to supplement the recruiting methodology that we'd covered 3 weeks earlier.
Despite the fact that the existing recruiting and interviewing standards are pretty fine as they are. But whatever. Not in charge, have no say. Move on.
N. had appropriated her store's "Staffing Binder," since we now take all applications online and have no need to store paper copies anymore.
And I decided that was a great idea, so I wouldn't have several file folders of whatnot about generalized recruiting, and stuff like specific stylists information. Plus. we were given some handouts that really have no home, but would be great in a binder like that.
As everyone touched base on how recruiting was going, I mentioned that I was concerned because no one I'd directed to apply online had done so. It was suggested that I focus on following up with the stylists that I had already spoken to, and go back through my older application and recruiting files to touch base with people that had applied in the last year or so.
I decided I'd get on that first thing when I went in to work this afternoon, and felt all good and motivated to do the part of my job that I like the least.
Imagine my surprise when I took down the "Staffing Binder" from the shelf of binders, only to discover that the Admin had cleaned out the contents, as per an organizational Corporate directive from the prior week.
I can see throwing out the store applications that were like 6 months old, but to go through and toss over 2 years of applications, contact information, notes about stylists, stylist leads, and the like that belonged to the salon, without asking anyone, boggles my mind.
One of my pay stubs from like 2 years ago was recently discovered behind the filing cabinet, and then immediately put in my in/out box, for criminy's sake.
And of course, not only did the trash get taken to the dumpster this morning, but the dumpster was also emptied by a garbage truck shortly thereafter.
Which leaves me in the position of having to start over from scratch, which I suppose is sort of a good thing.
And I get to tell the DM that I couldn't follow up with anyone, because my files have magically disappeared in a fit of spring cleaning.
It would figure that immediately after I finally g0t off my slack ass and bothered to file all my applications, assessments, leads, etc, after having it all sit around for months in a variety of places, and immediately before I got all motivated to actually use all of that information for the powers of good, it got pitched.
Because that's how my life works.
In other news, I also received a letter today from Capitol One, informing me that because of my excellent credit history with their company, I was eligible for some large, extremely high interest loans they were offering customers.
And me? I hate Capitol One with a passion that burns with the fire of ten thousand suns.
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