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It's not about being fit, it has to do with being stooped over half the day in a hot plant sweating your bag off. CanadaSVT can vouch for me, when we worked together I was a lean 140 pounds, 28" waist and walked 18km a day on my job.
We'll see how you make out. The average number of people that can't hack it to the 90 days is about 50%.
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torradan,Jun 17 2008, 04:28 PM Wrote:Woohoo!
Ford just called. I have a sight/hearing test this coming Tuesday, and a physical test on July 2!
I'm so stoked!
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Congratulations on the new job. If you guys didn't know this, getting a call for a physical is a 99% guarantee your in.
See you at the bar Todd. :D
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meford4u,Jun 17 2008, 10:38 PM Wrote:See you at the bar Todd. :D
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And just a side note guys, I mean this in the most heartfelt way;
I'm not down on you guys nor am I trying to scare you with tales of bad jobs. I honestly think it's FANFRAKKINTASTIC that you're getting in and getting a kick at the can.
I guess it's being the father in me (I have 4 kids) that want you to succeed, so I don't want to see you guys go in with a casual attitude. This isn't 20 or 30 years ago when some of us got in. Even then it was tough. Now it's even tougher. The industry is downsizing and for every one of you that gets in there are 200 people out on the street waiting to get in. Some of those people might be the brother of the guy next to you on the line, or your foreman's kid. And these people are the most likely to hang you out to dry if you screw up.
So I mean to help you -- take this seriously -- show up on time, be prepared to work. I think all of us (CanadaSVT, Meford, and me) thought it was going to be a lot easier than it was when we started. Don't get caught up in the social BS, mind your own business; and for pete's sake don't leave your work station until you're told to leave (we've had some students leave without being let go because they saw others walking out).
Hopefully you make it past probation and then you can relax a bit. Best wishes.
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Amen to that Matt. Just mind your own business at work and be pleasant. Yes Sir no Sir three bags full Sir.
As the Rock says........"Know your role and shut your hole"
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meford4u,Jun 18 2008, 07:59 AM Wrote:Amen to that Matt. Just mind your own business at work and be pleasant. Yes Sir no Sir three bags full Sir.
As the Rock says........"Know your role and shut your hole"
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ATTN NEW HIRES! I got called as well, just have to go in for the physical. Just wondering if anyone knows what the first day of class is for training/safety. I was told last week in July.. Can anyone clarify? ( I was just called by a student who told me where to go for the physical, didn't specify start date)
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I remember doing the APT test, maybe about 10 years ago. I got called for an interview, and I've never had an interview like that one before. There was three of them in the room with me and it was like good cop, bad cop and bad cop. Then like 5 minutes later it was all bad cop. It went on for 40-45min. I've never sweated so hard before. I never heard back after that.
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I did the physical already and I havent heard back yet, so Im not to sure when the next stage is going to happen.
Union training is next I think....
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D-Dub,Jun 30 2008, 03: Wrote:I did the physical already and I havent heard back yet, so Im not to sure when the next stage is going to happen.
Union training is next I think....
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Aaron and Todd were told hiring and training toward the end of July. Don't fret if you don't hear from Ford for a week or two.
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I have my physical tomorrow morning. So when i hear from them afterwards, I'll post it up here.
How I wish they would have been able to schedule me for both appointments on the same visit!
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I'm not to sure if this has happened to any of you, but Ford called all 4 contacts I gave them....
Just a heads up, you may want to warn your contacts about the future call..
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D-Dub,Jul 8 2008, 04: Wrote:I'm not to sure if this has happened to any of you, but Ford called all 4 contacts I gave them....
Just a heads up, you may want to warn your contacts about the future call..
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Yeah they have been trying to get in touch with all my references as well, only problem is we're all on holidays (GM 2 week shut down + 1 week layoff)
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D-Dub,Jul 8 2008, 04: Wrote:I'm not to sure if this has happened to any of you, but Ford called all 4 contacts I gave them....
Just a heads up, you may want to warn your contacts about the future call..
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Dropping my contacts an email now to see if they have gotten called. Getting really anxious sitting in this holding pattern.
Did they call the contacts before or after the testing at the CBI place?
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torradan,Jul 9 2008, 09:58 AM Wrote:Dropping my contacts an email now to see if they have gotten called. Getting really anxious sitting in this holding pattern.
Did they call the contacts before or after the testing at the CBI place?
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They called after the hearing/visual and physical abillities tests
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ok cool. I emailed my references, and two replied that they hadn't been called yet.
So I'll just keep on sweating it out until they contact me.
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torradan,Jul 9 2008, 10:40 AM Wrote:ok cool. I emailed my references, and two replied that they hadn't been called yet.
So I'll just keep on sweating it out until they contact me.
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Don't worry if they can't get a hold of your references they will call you and either ask for different numbers to reach them at or for new references
I've been called twice now from the person doing my check
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SL8RZZX3,Jul 9 2008, 01:12 PM Wrote:torradan,Jul 9 2008, 10:40 AM Wrote:ok cool.ÃÂ I emailed my references, and two replied that they hadn't been called yet.
So I'll just keep on sweating it out until they contact me.
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Don't worry if they can't get a hold of your references they will call you and either ask for different numbers to reach them at or for new references
I've been called twice now from the person doing my check
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How long did the Physical take? I have to take time off my current job to go! haha I did my Hearing/Eye last week..
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07-13-2008, 01:31 AM
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I think all told, the physical took about 30 minutes.
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Anybody have any current tips for this process? Scheduled for aptitude test soon. This opportunity is very important to me.
Thanks so much.
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No tips..just welcome to 2008 and reviving an old thread. Good luck.
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