Corporate Joke: On hiring
Agency: “Sir, we found 3 candidates as per your requirements. How do you want their placements, sir?”
MD: “Put about 100 bricks in a closed room. Then send the candidates into the room and close the door, leave them alone and come back after a few hours and analyse the situation:
- If they are counting the bricks, put them in
Accountsdepartment. - If they are recounting the bricks, put them in
Auditing. - If they messed up the whole room with the bricks, put them in
Engineering. - If they are arranging the bricks in some strange order, put them in
Planning. - If they are throwing the bricks at each other, put them in
Operations. - If they are sleeping, put them in
Security. - If they broke the bricks into pieces, put them in
Information Technology. - If they are sitting idle, put them in
Human Resources. - If they say they have tried different combinations yet not a single brick has been moved, put them in
Sales. - If they have already left for the day, Put them in
Marketing. - If they are staring out of the window, put them in
Strategic Planning.
And…
If they are talking to each other and not a single brick has been touched, Congratulate them and put them in Top Management.”
* Disclaimer: Came across this story on the Net, not sure about the original author.