Posted on 02/07/2015 5:28:16 AM PST by Tired of Taxes
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Do you remember going for your first ever job interview?
A Wake County teenager ran into a roadblock before he even got to his, and what happened next was caught on camera. Now, it's going viral.
It all started with a picture at the Target store near Triangle Town Center.
Audrey Mark is a loyal target shopper, but Wednesday she noticed something different.
"I see this young teen being hovered over by this Target employee," said Audrey. "So, as a mom of three teens, I go to 'What did he do?'"
However, she noticed the employee fixing the teen's tie, and because it seemed unusual, she snapped a picture.
"I hear him peppering him with all this advice on interview skills and handshakes," said Audrey.
Target employee Cathy Scott said it all started when she saw a teenage customer looking for something.
"I asked him if he needed help and he told me he needed clip on ties," said Cathy. "We didn't have any."
So Cathy went to her co-worker, Dennis Roberts.
"Cathy says, 'Can you tie a tie?' I said, 'Yes,'" said Dennis.
So the teen bought a tie and brought it to Dennis.
"We took the wrapping off it, and I tied it on my neck, and fit it over head adjusted it and tightened it .. fixed all his collar buttons and he was set to go," said Dennis.
However, the Target team did more than fix his tie. They also prepped him for an interview.
"We said, 'Make sure you look him in the eye.' I'm saying make sure you give him a firm handshake, and she showed him. He tucked his shirt in," said Dennis.
"He was saying, 'Yes, ma'am and he was just soaking it all in," said Scott.
That's when Audrey Mark took the picture.
"It was a very quiet simple moment, but it was very profound - honestly, kindness from strangers - in a Super Target," said Audrey. "He leaves and all these Target employees are screaming 'Bye! Good luck! Tell us how it went.'"
"We were just here to help a young man get a job and forward his future," said Dennis.
"I got so emotional. I got teary," said Audrey.
Audrey and Cathy both cried.
"It touched your heart. It still does," said Cathy.
Thursday, the Target team went to a nearby Chick-Fil-A and checked in with the manager to see how the interview went.
They don't know who the kid is, but the manager said they will let him know by the end of the week if he got the job. The Target employees told him what a nice kid he was with them.
Maybe people shouldn't snap photos of other people and post the pictures online without their permission.
But the photo and story are heartwarming. It's nice to read good news once in a while.
Maybe this is the difference between women and men: I would have shown the kid how to tie a tie, but expected him do it himself.
I would also never hire anyone wearing a clip on tie.
He was a teen applying to a fast food restaurant. The employee who helped him was a man.
Yes, I'd have done the same if the interview was days in the future BUT in this case it was mere hours. Think back to your young days, did the ends look good ALWAYS? This is practicality - offering good service to a customer in need! KUDOs to these employees!
The funny thing is that a fast-food place probably isn't going to have the same expectations of a prospective employee than most employers do.
I once went for a job interview at a retail store when I was in college, and I dressed the way I thought I should dress for the interview. For the three years I worked there, some of my fellow employees would occasionally refer to me as "the guy who showed up for his interview with a suit and tie." LOL.
He was applying at Chick-fil-A. That he actually made an effort to look professional places him above probably 95% of the other people who come in there to fill out job applications.
The young man was serious about the interview. He wore a suit and was buying a tie. Helping a young person who is trying hard to make a good impression is a blessing. Applying for work at Chic Filet is an important step. He is seeking to work with a Christian business. The young man will do well.
See how whites instinctively try to lynch black youths?
Hands.freaking.down.
I have noticed the kids working there are ALWAYS well mannered, and polite.
He got good advice.
I tell people I don’t shop at Target because of the 2Gs:
Gays & Guns.
This changes nothing.
Though I do wonder if he would have done the same for a white teen...
If you worked in a factory you would. No tied ties in a factory.
...and Sundays off. Not bad for beginning job.
Your comment makes me wish that FR had a “Like” button. Well played, well played indeed. :=)
I don’t work in a factory. But, even if I did, I would never hire anyone who walked into an interview wearing a clip on tie.
Better no tie than a clip on. Just my 2 cents.
Yeah. Then they probably started asking him to get stuff off the top shelf.
When did every day common courtesy become so unusual that it is buzzed over?
Back in the day the young supervisors at UPS all wore ties...including tie-ties. When you made the jump from hourly to super, you "took the tie" (though later it became "going over to the Dark Side" as the Teamsters upped their slander game).
Given that the place contains miles of exposed conveyor belts which were regularly trod upon, finagled-with and wrestled...gawd, it makes me cringe to think of the unhappy possibilities...
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