Beating the employment ‘trap'

Bill Gates organized an enormous session to recruit a new Chairman for Microsoft Europe. 5000 candidates assembled in a large room.

One candidate is our Ramasamy.

Bill Gates: Thank you for coming.

Those who do not know JAVA may leave.

2000 people leave the room.

Ramasamy says to himself,

‘I do not know JAVA, but I have

nothing to lose if I stay. I’ll give it a try !’

Bill Gates: Candidates who never had experience of managing more

than 100 people may leave.

2000 people leave the room.

Ramasamy says to himself

‘I never managed anybody by

myself, but I have nothing to lose if I stay. What can

happen to me?’ So he stays.

Bill Gates: Candidates who do not have management diplomas may

leave.

500 people leave the room.

Ramasamy says to himself,

‘I left school at 15, but what

have I got to lose?’ So he stays in the room.

Lastly,

Bill Gates asked the candidates who do not speak Serbo-Croat

to leave.

498 people leave the room.

Ramasamy says to himself,

‘I do not speak one word of

Serbo-Croat but what do I have to lose ?’ So he stays

and finds himself with one other candidate; Everyone else

has gone.

Bill Gates joined them and said ‘Apparently you are the only

two candidates who speak Serbo-Croat, so I’d now like to

hear you have a conversation together in that

language.’

Calmly, Ramasamy turns to the other candidate and says ‘ endha ooru ? ‘

The other candidate answers… ‘Thoothukudi pakkam ‘

“vazhga tamil”