So, Like, Dude, Can't We Take Care Of This Over The Phone?

Nick is a junior Poly Sci major with an interest in making as much money as possible as soon as possible. Recently, on a referral from the campus career center, Nick got a temporary part-time position doing what ever for a small electronics start up near campus.  The company sells re-built cell phones, batteries and related products over the internet through two company sites and one e-bay store. One of Nick's tasks was to place a Help Wanted Ad for a webmaster for the company's growing on-line business. Nick was also required to interview the applicants briefly over the phone and scheduled those who preliminarily qualified for an in-person interview with the Operations Manager.

Nick did as directed and when the telephone responses started coming in he began placing some of the callers into the interviewing schedule slots.  Not all callers qualified but one who did surprised Nick with his response when asked when he would be available to come in for an interview.  The caller's response was,  " So, like,  dude, can't we take care of this over the phone?"  Nick explained that the next step to be considered for the position was an in person interview and the caller declined.  Nick completed that task and his other tasks for his brief time at that company and has since moved on to any and every other means he can find to make some cash when not studying.  Nick left with one significant lesson, 90% of any job is showing up.  He like all earnest and ambitious students had heard that same phrase which is attributed to several different prominent and successful people but he had never actually seen it demonstrated.  The requirement for the interview ( and we're not even talking about the actual job yet)  For The Interview was to 'show up.'  Even now with skype and ichat and the numerous tools for nearly in person interviews, employers really like to get an actual personal experience of whom they might be hiring.  It just figures.  Ever 'met' somebody over the phone or in a chat room. Then met them in person. Quite different, right? Well. Employers, same thing.  They want to see whom it is they could be paying to work.  That is it. Always the same basic rule, school, class, work, first rule; Show Up.