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[*Elba*]

So this topic is for all the staff applicants who did not make it. PM an admin or headstaff asking why you were not hired. If you would like to make it public, just post it in here so we can discuss it.

Here is mine:

So, we're supposed to PM someone to tell us why we weren't hired. I'd like to know please and if you could also go ahead and make it public, that'd be nice.

Haha, what do you mean by make it public?
Where?

You can make it public yourself I guess...

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really don't think Elba always 'being herself' is an asset at the moment. The fact that she's always complaining about Diana is really not helping her since she isn't being positive about it.

Wow. What's all that about? I was actually considering Elba as one of the choices, but nevermind. I don't think she's such a good idea anymore. I'm not sure why so many people that were inactive and just came back for a few weeks or the people who were the troublemakers decide to apply for staff.

f I could choose from the three, I think Elba is most suited to be a moderator if you look past her many "crimes" (member bashing, hacking, spamming and a great interest in Backstage)... But the problem is, who's to say she is really trustworthy?

I'm not going to get into the whole Elba situation, but I do feel that if she can't respect the staff, how will she represent us in a good light? I understand that people say she'd be a breath of fresh air, but aren't there other people who would be a breath of fresh air who don't have such negativity towards the staff? She's gotten into trouble... and I understand that shouldn't bias opinions about her, but I think the fact of how recent it is should.

Basically, the conflicts between you and Diana, and what was assumed to be disrespect towards the staff members. My only issue with that is Spencer did the same thing, yet they hired him. If you want to know why I am saying "they", it's because I didn't agree with a lot of decisions that were made.

I hope that helps.

[*superstitious*]

Here's the thing guys and I know that there are a lot of people out here who are not going to agree. I'm going to let it out for you, be as candid as I can.

When looking at all the people that were applying, a lot of thought went into it. It wasn't just looking at so and so's application *nope, toss*, and so on. The entire team was looked at, both existing staff and potential new hires.

Believe me, not everyone on staff agreed with the final decision, I want you all to know that. This was by far the most interesting of hiring sessions I've seen here.

When I was personally looking at the applications, the interviews and looking through the forums I saw those that seemed like no brainer hires, I saw those that could definitely be a good staff member but were either to new too the site or felt like they needed more time, I saw those who danced on the edge of trouble (and seemed to enjoy it at times even xD) and those who sort of popped in out of nowhere and were either virtually inactive or sporadically posted.

What I tried to do is see how people were behaving and how they were communicating, particularly with staff. I was also looking at improvement as a whole. I was also looking at activity in general.

There wasn't anything personal involved at all and there were no favorites played. We took some chances on a few individuals and I really hope that they do well. I guess you can think that it's crap for me to say that, but I sincerely mean it. I think that it's great to try to give people a chance and see what they can do when the opportunity is given to them.

The reason I asked for people to PM is because I like the person to person interaction and sometimes that direct communication can really be nice.

This is by far not the last hiring session cB will see so there will be other opportunities. I just want you guys to know that this session was really a challenge, I think everyone on the then-current staff can agree on that.

I wish the new hires the best, I hope that the community will learn to accept them and I hope that those who were not hired this time around will stick around, contribute to the site and apply again.