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    just had a 19 year old come in for a social media position (interview).

    her resume said she had a eye for detail, every bullet point and indent was different, extra spaces between words "like this" and spelled Photoshop "photo shop"

    she asked for 80k/yr starting..

    kids these days

    • eh qbn takes out extra spacing. go qbn!
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    • sounds perfect for the positionmonospaced
    • 80k lol get the fuck outta heremoldero
    • If she asks you why she didn't get the job, tell her.bklyndroobeki
    • based on my experience with social media experts, none of that is required whatsoevermonospaced
    • I bet she's good at Emojis.bainbridge
    • She might be posting things to twatter, and the like... probably need a good eye for that stuff. Those people are so the limelight of a company's image.bklyndroobeki
    • So if she's 19, he doesn't go to college? What is on her resume?bainbridge
    • EDUCATION: University of Arizona, ​Tucson, AZ...SKILLS: Photo Shop; Adobe Illustrator; In Design; MS Word; Excel;...
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    • after reading half her resume i didnt even bother asking about schooling..no completed dates for UOA..(BA Interdisciplinary Studies​ ​Major)​...
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    • she somehow worked for Bergdorf Goodman
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    • This all but confirms what the shit level of quality control in online media is doing to kids. They see mediocrity 24/7 and think it passes as acceptable.mg33
    • Are you being serious? $80k at 19yr??? With zero experience?sofakingback
    • And think their totally limited skill set warrants that kind of salary. What a world!mg33
    • https://10cities10ye…Mattjanz3n
    • Ha. I had a similar position with a jr designer (terrible) loved knives and leather bkgs. Wanted 85k.Hayoth
    • i wonder if they have context to 80Kbklyndroobeki
    • well if you tube stars are making 10 mil a year making smoothie videos, then surely 19yo twitter superstar and photo shop guru is worth 80k minimum!_niko
    • Hahaha! Welcome to FUCKING MILLENNIALVILLE! I've has similar experiences. I just start laughing at them usually, I really do
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    • BTW, half of the problem, society preaches that crap. It's all the rage, everyone is equal and deserve tons starting off, with no experience.
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    • Don't forget a ton of art schools (digital media programs) are just peddling degrees. There's no quality control involved. It's about the $.
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    • @ _niko, don't laugh that's exactly the way they think. Fact!
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    • Maybe you should point these faults out to her. Maybe she thinks she's doing the right thing and doesn't know how much $ to ask for. Being blunt could be good.
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    • Tell her she needs to work hard and learn things. Don't just dismiss her to go apply for more jobs to get rejected from.
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    • 19 year olds usually have no idea how useless and naive they are.
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    • ^
      Who didn't mess things up at that age?
      mugwart
    • I still have no idea how useless and naive I am
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    • You go girl!bklyndroobeki
    • I see that's the first time you meet an entitled bernie voter
      jk jk
      nah it's true
      GeorgesII
    • @freedom no, it's pervasive in that generation. I've probably interviewed around 50 Gen Y / Millennial over my career and it's alway a huge amount
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    • There's a complete disconnect with fiscal reality and that runs deep in most of their social views as well.
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    • In their eyes, everything has to happen TODAY. No work or experience should occur. "We deserve it because we said so..." Doesn't work that way
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    • If this bird had a proper guidance counselor, she wouldn't have asked you for such an amount. Schools probably have cut back on them. Lmfao
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    • Average QBN member is an old man shaking his fist at the kids.
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    • Salaries of this amount are unwarranted. It matters not based upon age your average social media manager does not make $80,000
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    • An individual straight out of school definitely doesn't deserve the $80,000
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    • Mind yoy, your average CEO makes somewhere in the 135 to $150,000 range. Why would you pay a social media manager nearly half of that amount
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    • but is she hot? jk
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    • I would have asked her where the $80k came from. She's got balls, if she knows what that means. When I was in grad school I thought $60k a year was a fabulousformed
    • ^
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    • Honestly, I would have asked, "explain a time where you've worked with an actual client, having to show them the business intelligence behind your work, IOW,
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    • what was their ROI?" - INTERVIEW OVER. Kids like this do not know jackshit. $80 fucking K.
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    • I had a great time at UoA in 1995. I'll never forget. Best days of my teenage years...SimonFFM
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    • These types tend to be thrasonical (they're all being told they're special), but undeservingly so
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    • they laughed at me asking for $40k. Damnit. Why did you even invite her?mekk
    • Bumping omg's question, is she hot?Maaku

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