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She can hunt my head any day.
LOL she's a head hunter dumb ass. She said that.
She can hunt my head any day.
some smokers take 15 minute breaks every other hour if not every hour.
it's a legitimate concern when hiring.
I don't think I would care if I worked with a smoker who was just a little bit stinky, but no way could I stand to be stuck in an office with one that has that loud death rattle cough all the time. I'd go bananas.
It being a concern wasn't my point. The point is that if you have the right candidate for the job and he can help your business profit its ridiculous to look him/her over for the next closest candidate all because of smoking. Especially if all things aren't equal. It sounds like they're simply not entertaining a good hire based on one unchecked or check box on an app. Potentially missing an otherwise perfect match. The bottom line should be the most important thing not a preference of habit.
True, but realistically, there are a lot more workers than jobs right now. If it's not an emergency situation, it can be to the employer's advantage to not jump on the first almost perfect match and wait around for the real perfect one to show up. they might even get the hair color they prefer.
I'm a smoker and so are a couple of people on my crew. I never take more than my 2 breaks and lunch break every day. There are some days where the only break I take is my lunch if my workload is high enough. I've blasted people on my crew if they take an extra "smoke" break. Being a smoker doesn't en le you to more breaks than a non-smoker. Kind of hard for them to argue that point when their foreman is, himself, a smoker.
I understand the point of discriminating against smokers based on health, insurance and productivity issues. Same thing with fat people, people who engage in dangerous activities outside of work, etc. I'm sure I've missed out on a job or two in my life based on the fact that I walked into an interview smelling like my ashtray.
Like I said before if they're swimming in a bath of over qualified perfect matches I can understand but we aren't doing as bad down here as they're doing up North.
I dont see anywhere where she tells me what her company does. You must be the dumb ass.
You're misunderstanding here. She's a head hunter. People come to her looking to be matched up with her clients that need jobs filled. It could be any job? Usually in the professional type fields. Office jobs...
smelling smoke on some is pretty dam nasty. Small company I work at has about 50 on the payroll and 2 smoke(Including 1 mgr) When I started out it was about 6 people who smoked. All of which who were long term. Last few years the smokers quit or got fired(some were good at what they do) Came to my attention the mgr don't like smokers. There is an untold policy for not hiring smokers. Ouch..
I should be a recruiter for dumb asses!
hourly or salary for the crew?
much more freedom if you not 'on the clock', so to speak.
Good God. The only problem they have with this person is they smelled smoke. I could never be that anal. Never.
I hear this stupid smoking argument all the time before we hire someone. After that, it disapears. It's simple. You do a good job, you keep your job.
I agree. The only way a smoker wold really bother me is if I had to work with them on a consistent close basis...like if I worked in a cubicle or team environment where it was just the two of us. That would bother me. Otherwise, whatever.
oh it's all clear now.
i thought she worked HR for a company and they wouldn't hire her there. so really this has nothing to do with katy except she doesn't get commission? got it.
I won't make commission off of that candidate but I will fill the position with another non-smoking candidate.
I'm hourly and so is my crew. Even if I was salaried, I still wouldn't take more than 2 breaks and a lunch.
Strike, do you clock out for your smoke breaks?
No. breaks are paid.
First of all..a big suck my to everyone posting stats about smokers. I smoke a load of cigarettes and I bet you I get sick less than any of you. I bet I have missed less time at work than any of you. I bet you I am in better shape for my age than any of you.
Secondly...
Suck this too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment
So you see, the oldest person who ever lived was a smoker. Stick that stat up your asses.Jeanne Calment
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Jeanne Louise Calment
Calment celebrating her 121st birthday in 1996
Born 21 February 1875(1875-02-21)
Arles, France
Died 4 August 1997
(aged &0000000000000122.000000122 years, &0000000000000164.000000164 days)
Arles, France
Known for Becoming the oldest person whose age was verified by official do ents
Spouse(s) Fernand Calment (lived: 1868–1942,
married: 1896–1942)
Jeanne Louise Calment (French pronunciation: [ʒan lwiz kalˈmɑ̃]; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997, 10:45AM CET)[1] was a French woman with the longest confirmed lifespan in history at age 122 years 164 days (44,724 days total).[2] She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, [edit] Health and lifestyle
Calment's remarkable health presaged her later record. At age 85, she took up fencing, and at 100, she was still riding a bicycle. She was reportedly neither athletic, nor fanatical about her health.[7] Calment lived on her own until shortly before her 110th birthday, when it was decided that she needed to be moved to a nursing home after a cooking accident (she could barely see) started a small fire in her flat. However, Calment was still in good shape, and was able to walk until she fractured her femur during a fall at age 114 years and 11 months, which required surgery.[3][10] After her operation, Calment became confined to a wheelchair and weighed 45 kg in 1994.[12] Calment became ill with the flu shortly before her 116th birthday.[13] She smoked until the age of 117, only five years before her death.[13][14][15] She ascribed her longevity and relatively youthful appearance for her age to olive oil, which she said she poured on all her food and rubbed onto her skin, as well as a diet of port wine, and nearly two pounds of chocolate eaten every week.[9]
And one other one..in Japan over 50% of the population smokes and they have the lowest incidence of lung cancer in the world.
I already pay a HUGE ing tax on every cigarette I smoke to offest the increased health risk. The insurance companies are clearly double dipping.
It's truly amazing the way the bigoted mind works.
Paid smoke and lunch breaks? Damn, where do you work?
Damn, I guess that would mean 15 minutes less posting time on Spurstalk....
#1 cause of cancer btw:
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle...one_repla.html
Obesity is now the leading cause of cancer
BY Rosemary Black
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, September 24th 2009, 2:36 PM
GettyKeeping off the pounds isn't just good for your figure, it can help fight cancer, too. Related NewsArticlesThe warning signs of incestTylenol issues recall of children's liquid productsPregnant woman gets pregnant againWoman left on operating table is suing over no-show docsWaging war against those extra pounds just might save your life.
The leading cause of cancer these days is obesity, according to The Associated Press, with about 1 in 12 new cases of the disease due to excess weight.
European researchers say that obesity now accounts for up to 8% of cancers on the continent, according to the AP.
“Obesity is catching up at a rate that makes it possible it could become the biggest attributable cause of cancer in women within the next decade,” University of Manchester cancer expert Andrew Renehan told the AP. He spoke this week at a joint meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology and the European Cancer Organization.
The news on this side of the pond’s not much more encouraging. Obesity and being overweight account for up to 14% of cancer deaths in men and 20% of cancer deaths in women, according to the National Cancer Ins ute. Some 20% to 30% of common cancers such as colon, postmenopausal breast, uterine and eso eal may be related to being overweight and to a lack of physical activity, according to the ins ute.
In the findings in Europe, colorectal cancer, breast cancer in menopausal women and uterine cancer accounted for 65% of all the cancers because of being overweight, according to the AP.
Though scientists don’t know why being obese increases cancer risk, they think it may be linked to hormones, according to the AP. Chubbier people produce more hormones, such as estrogen, that help tumors thrive. And big-bellied people have more stomach acid, which can lead to stomach and intestinal cancers.
Anyone who’s not sure whether or not they qualify as obese can check out the National Cancer Ins ute’s Web site. If you have a body mass index (BMI) of 18.5 to 24.9, you’re a healthy weight. Overweight people have a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9, and obese people weigh in with a BMI of 30 or higher.
The take-away message from the National Cancer Ins ute? Get moving! Lack of activity is the big culprit for why so many Americans are too fat, says the ins ute.
Sedentary pastimes like TV watching are to blame. One of the National Cancer Ins ute’s target goals for next year is to increase to 60% the proportion of adults who are at a healthy weight.
Renehan said it’s necessary to devise strategies to help people maintain a healthy weight, according to the AP. “We need to find the biological mechanism to help people find other ways of tackling obesity,” he said. “Just telling the population to lose weight obviously hasn’t worked.”
Maybe giving them some scary stats will.
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Alcohol ranks pretty highly too...so let's go ahead and start discriminating.
10 minute breaks are paid. Lunches are not.
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