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On a related tangent.....
I hired 2 university students this year to work with the company I work for for a co-op term. Both had the same job, both made the same salary. Both had completed their second year of Engineering from very good Universities here in Ontario. Both had good grades.
One had previous work experience with an Engineering firm that I know very well and he came with a good recommendation.
The other had worked at McDonalds throughout High School and even while he was studying Engineering (how he managed that I don't know.)
Anyway, the kid who had worked at McDonalds was a gem. Enthusiastic, smart, eager to work, happy to work with the crew and earned the respect of the Supervisor - a very hard to please guy.
The other guy was a disappointment. Lazy, caught sleeping on the job, unmotivated. Like it was killing him to work. We gave him several breaks and a couple of warnings along the way.
Lesson to me was that in the future when hiring University students for summer jobs (career related I might add) always hire the kid who worked at McDonalds. Lazy kids don't work at McDonalds because the work is too much. I won't make that mistake again (i.e. being impressed by a kid working in his field at a well known Engineering firm.)
I want the kid who worked at McDonalds, or who grew up on the farm.
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