So, I was having this [tag]dream[/tag] about a “friend” of mine around 3:45AM on Sunday morning. Let’s just say it involved many different food items and, for some reason, there was an [tag]elephant[/tag] in the background. No, I have no idea what the elephant means. But, you can bet your ass I’m about to get on Google and find out! I don’t dream much…and when I do it’s usually because of falling asleep on the couch after a rum-soaked afternoon by the pool. Something about being completely dehydrated and well on my way to being hung-over causes me to have some pretty messed up thoughts during sleep. But I digress…

After waking up from said dream, I found myself not being able to go back to sleep, a problem that I often have. Funny, you usually can’t wake me up with a nuclear bomb, but if I DO wake up in the middle of the night, I can’t go back to sleep. And when I can’t go back to sleep I usually think about two things: What it would be like to be a midget and work. This particular night my thoughts were on an [tag]interview[/tag] that I had scheduled for this week…an interview that I, as of that particular second, had rescheduled 5 times. FIVE TIMES! I couldn’t for the life of me remember which day it was scheduled for or what time she was supposed to be there. So, I had to get out of bed and go check my email for my own sense of sanity.

Let me be the first to explain to you how utterly annoying it is to have to continuously reschedule interviews. People, I have ADD. I’m the most unorganized human being that you could possibly come in contact with. I forgot last Tuesday that it was my birthday until I got to work to find my desk adorned with streamers and confetti. Point being, it’s hard for me to remember my own birthday…how well do you think I’m going to be able to remember an interview that’s been rescheduled 5 times? And, the candidate’s probably the exact same way!

I know that you’re busy and, yes, things come up. It’s an inevitable part of life that some rescheduling is going to have to happen from time to time. But 5 times? Seriously!? There’s no reason on this planet that I should have to reschedule an interview that many times. And, the usual result of such action is, ultimately, the candidate getting really pissed off and seeing your [tag]agency[/tag] as nothing more than a Chinese fire drill run by incompetent buffoons (the word buffoon does not show up on spell check…that’s very interesting, except no longer interesting b/c I was spelling it with an A instead of a U…mostly because I’m an idiot). Plus, as you can see, it keeps me up at night when I should be dreaming about women and elephants.

Stick to your dates please! Continuously [tag]rescheduling interviews[/tag] makes you look like you don’t really value the candidate’s time and, therefore, wouldn’t value them as an employee. No one’s going to want to work for an agency that can’t even show them respect during the interviewing process. When you make a date, keep it unless you have a really super kick-ass excuse…like something to do with midgets.

By the way, according to www.dreammoods.com, seeing an elephant in your dream “signifies that you are laying a solid ground work for wealth and success. Apparently the food part represents “physical and emotional nourishment and energies.” You know if someone would like to provide me with the wealth and success part, I’m certain the physical and emotional nourishment will tag right along…

“Hey, hey, easy kids. Everybody in the car. Boat leaves in two minutes… or perhaps you don’t want to see the second largest ball of twine on the face of the earth, which is only four short hours away?”
Clark Griswold – National Lampoon’s Vacation