See also: making your own clothes.

I am hiring a new student worker. They find the job descriptions (mine is long and detail) on a student job website which instructs them to fill out a student work spplication and resume and send it to me (this is the same for all student jobs). Am I wrong for rejecting out of hand anyone who a) asks me how to apply b) sends me their resume and asks if there is an application they should fill out or c) sends me nothing but asks me about the job? I feel they cannot follow instructions.

I am hiring a new student worker. They find the job descriptions (mine is long and detail) on a student job website which instructs them to fill out a student work spplication and resume and send it to me (this is the same for all student jobs). Am I wrong for rejecting out of hand anyone who a) asks me how to apply b) sends me their resume and asks if there is an application they should fill out or c) sends me nothing but asks me about the job? I feel they cannot follow instructions.

How hard up do you expect to be for decent applications that have been submitted per instructions? If you expect to have a wide choice, you'll be rejecting most of them for one reason or another. Being able to follow direction/show initiative/not make your life harder than it needs to be, may or may not be your biggest concern for the position; but regardless, it's probably a valid enough concern to allow you to narrow your options.

Back at work. Do not like.

Have cold. Also do not like.

What billytea said.

Recently one of my Facebook games added a "chat" feature, which 90% of the conversation is people asking for friends. Many of them ask "can you add me because I don't know how to add you?" That's not the way to recommend yourself to me, you're going to be a bad player if you can't figure out one of the elementary mechanics of the game.

Theo - that's so annoying.

Meanwhile: I am back at work. It's 20 minutes past the hour. Zero phone calls so far. I believe that there are 3 other people in the office.

And I am sitting at the main office front desk because the real main office front desk person has the flu.

At least I was able to finagle my ride to go through the drive through at Starbucks so I have a giant coffee. (Peppermint Mocha - yum.)

Honestly- my biggest concern is that they don't irritate me. Because then I would rather not have a student and I do not hide my irritation well. And by not following fairly clear directions, they have already irritated me.

I expect about 50 - 75 apps for 1 10 hour a week job (I have had 25 so far.).

My long weekend was long enough that I forgot how to do my morning routine! Was not actually late, but was totally discombobulated.

ION, I got an email forward about "12 Branding Keys." Here are some of them: Appvertising, Coolsupmtion, and Simplexity. I am glad I am not in branding.

Julien Leparoux is riding a filly called "Sookie Stackhouse" on Thursday.

I am back at work. Also, it's snowing. Neither of these is auspicious.

Sophia, the only thing I would say is that it's possible the process is not as obvious from the outside as it is to you on the inside. But I wouldn't have any compunction about tossing those folks based on the irritation factor, given that you seem to have enough choices from among those who did figure it out.