Job Skills - was Re: Tech-support Hall of Shame

[Jeremy Fowler]

You know, I think the Nazis used to shake hands... 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net
> [mailto:owner-kclug at marauder.illiana.net]On Behalf Of Marvin
> GodfatherofSoul Bellamy
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:38 PM
> To: Kclug
> Subject: Re: Job Skills - was Re: Tech-support Hall of Shame
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> Socially, a hand or wrist injury is even worse than a marshmallow 
> handshake!  The potential jokes you expose yourself to ;P
> 
> Brian Densmore wrote:
> 
> >I can accept the cultural greeting thing, but
> >to seems to me you are being a bit anal on the 
> >handshake thing. To judge an entire interview on a
> >handshake is, well pardon my French, inane [ok changed word]. 
> >Sorry if this insults, but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
> >or handshake in this case. A bad handshake might be the 
> >result of injury to the hand. Judging a person's ability on
> >a handshake is ludicrous. 
> >
> ></rant>
> >
> >Sorry if I insult you. Just couldn't let it go.
> >
> >Brian
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Aaron [mailto:aaron at aarons.net]
> >>Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:29 AM
> >>To: kclug at kclug.org
> >>Subject: Re: Job Skills - was Re: Tech-support Hall of Shame
> >>
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> >>>Hand shakes are just wierd... You have to leave your 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>personal space and
> >>*lean*
> >>    
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> >>>in to someone else's to make the connection. Not to mention 
> >>>      
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> >>that you have
> >>to
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> >>>ensure that you're standing exactly the length of each 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>other's arms when
> >>you're
> >>    
> >>
> >>>ready to do the shake. And when do you do the shake? 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>Before, during, or
> >>after
> >>    
> >>
> >>>the greeting? What if the other person doesn't shake? Then 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>you're left
> >>standing
> >>    
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> >>>there doing a James Dean brush of the hair. Too much work.
> >>>      
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> >>If you extend your hand and the other person doesn't shake 
> >>for no apparent
> >>good reason (broken arm, no hand, etc) then you've been 
> >>insulted.  The main
> >>thing is that you extended your hand and those around you 
> >>will see you as
> >>the better man for it.
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>If you're hiring someone, I hope you don't use the hand 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>shake as a good
> >>first
> >>    
> >>
> >>>impression. Personally, I think there much more to be read 
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>about a person
> >>in
> >>    
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> >>>whether or not they're able to make eye contact with you.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>The hand shake is the first impression.  It's the traditional 
> >>greeting in
> >>our culture.  You extend your hand, smile, look the other 
> >>person in the eyes
> >>and introduce yourself.  When I'm hiring someone, a bad 
> >>handshake means a
> >>bad interview.
> >>
> >>If you think about it, it is kind of wierd that we grab 
> >>eachothers hands as
> >>a greeting.  Who knows where that hand's been?  For all I 
> >>know the other
> >>person could have just come from a vigrous butt picking 
> >>session, or worse.
> >>But that's the way it is.
> >>
> >>Aaron
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> >>
> >>majordomo at kclug.org
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