Michele Armstrong - Vulcan Inc.

The interview is often an experience filled with much anxiety for me. As a matter of fact, I have to do an interview tomorrow. Having someone that works as a Human Resources manager come to talk to us really helped to clear some of the anxiety up, as well as one of the topics for my business plan.

I found it rather interesting that Vulcan Inc posted job advertisements on Craigslist. I have never really seen Craigslist as a very reputable site for job postings, but rather a place for sleazy dating advertisements. I suppose that it does make business sense to post job advertisements on Craigslist though; after all, it's free.

One of the things that Michele cleared up for me was the issue of employee benefits. I had always been kind of stumped when it came to what exactly employee benefits typically cost a start-up company. Michele told me that this number usually runs at about 20-22% of the company's expense for an employee.

We also talked about some of the things that company's check prior to employment. One of the controversial subjects that came up was that of credit checks on potential employees as part of the pre-employment screening. I must say that I'm a very thorough supporter of that. I think that you can tell a lot about a person by looking at their credit in most cases.

Overall, our visit with Michele was very informative, and I'm glad that she came to talk to us.