Recruitment skills are poor

As an unemployed person, I’d like to congratulate Mr Jim Ronayne on his attitude to recruitment (“400 hopefuls compete for 60 McDonald’s jobs”, Irish Examiner, July 9).

I’ve never met Mr Ronayne but I think his attitude to job applicants is praiseworthy.

As a “survivor” of the 1980s recession and a “participant” in the current recession, my experience of the recruitment process has not been good. I’ve found the standard of interviewing skills to be poor .

Interviewers/agency reps don’t prepare sufficiently, they don’t read CVs properly and there is a lack of focus on the ‘business at hand’.

“It’s all about respecting people”, says Mr Ronayne. Those involved in recruitment should follow Mr Ronayne’s example.

Tim Buckley

White Street

Cork City