Stop burning bridges

Posted by Kaushik Rathi
July 10, 2008
This is probably one of the most frustrating parts of our job as a Recruiter/Headhunter. You identify a great candidate, interview them, have your client interview them, do references all the while keeping the candidate in the loop as to where you are in the process. The candidate is very excited and is returning your calls, emails you once or twice a day to get a status, is genuinely showing and communicating his/her interest in working for your client.

 

And then – WHAM! They disappear. You call them on their cell phone, home phone, email them and never hear back. You keep trying for a couple of days and still no answer. None of the references or the interviews with you indicated that you are a flake. So what happened?

 

Obviously you’re either no longer available or interested. The only decent and courteous thing to do is either call us back or email us and let us know that you’re no longer available. That’s it. It’s that simple. No one is going to force you to take a job that you don’t want. I don’t want anyone working for me that does not want to be here either.

By keeping us out of the loop, this is what happens – your name gets on a list in our database that I have my team maintain. This is a list we keep updated at all times and the names on the list are people that we blackball. We never contact them for any future openings, ever. And guess what, the client that you interviewed with – chances of you ever working with that group is next to none. Until the person(s) that you interviewed with is no longer there.

It’s really very easy to not get on the list – just be upfront and honest with people. Why would you want to ruin your professional credibility with not just one but two companies? And since you’re doing this to us and our client, I’m pretty sure you’ve done this several times before with other companies. Really, not a good strategy for the long term.

 

 

 

 

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Trackback by PostOnFire.com on July 15, 2008 @ 3:55 pm

Stop burning bridges…

If you’re in the market looking for a new job, you need to read this. Don’t burn any bridges as you don’t know who may know who in your industry….

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