Here are a few examples of interview/ job search misconduct
that can do irreparable damage to a candidate’s future prospects with those
involved.
1. Initial
rudeness. Answer cold calls neutrally if
not politely. A recruiter or company
representative may choose not to call a rude respondent again. And the future role that you don’t hear about
may be much more attractive to you than the role that you greeted with bad
manners.
2. Boredom
or bad attitude during your interview.
Even if you decide early in your interview that a role is not for you, do
not begin to look at your watch or yawn or otherwise demonstrate boredom. Instead, finish out your interview with poise
and graciousness and hope that the positive impression you make will benefit
you in the future. Acting bored in an
interview is disrespectful to those who have spent time and effort making it
happen.
3. Dishonesty. Lies and misrepresentations regarding your
background and credentials will always be discovered and never be forgotten.
4. Long,
drawn-out indecision. It is always hard
to leave a secure position and chart a new course. But dragging your potential employer through
a lengthy hand-wringing process will lead to bad blood all around. Vacillate all you want among your family and
friends, but appear decisive among those involved in your hiring. If you have serious reservations about a
position, a quick “no” is a gift to all participants.
5. Changing
your mind after accepting a position.
When you accept a position, your employer becomes committed to you, utilizing
employees and man hours to complete paperwork, make the necessary benefit arrangements,
formalize your salary, prepare an office, etc.
When you renege on an offer acceptance, not only have you wasted the
employer’s efforts, you have caused other interested interviewers to be
released. Plan that your name will live
in infamy among all those involved in your hiring.
When it comes to your career, a burnt bridge in your
background might also require a fire extinguisher in your future. The world can be very small sometimes. Though you might not anticipate any future
interaction with someone interviewing you today, at some point you might find that
individual sitting across the desk from you at another interview with another
company – or even worse, in a position as your superior. Feel
the sizzle.
Bob,
ReplyDeleteyou are correct in your blog but I would also like to hear the story from the other side. The story of the cold recruiters or shall I say Headhunters who get in contact and can't get back even if it is a no, or terms discussed om the beginning end up in the forgotten where terms received for signing are not even near the initial determined. Chasing for the one shot.