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Landing the Ideal Employee: What Today's Job Candidates Want |
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candidates fault not clients |
| Date Posted: |
03/01/2001 |
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I have some Clients who tell potential new employees about their company benefits right away, up front. This seems to be a good approach since everyone wants to know what the perks will be in working for a company.
There are others, for whatever reason, that withhold benefit information until the day they make an offer.
I've had to school my candidates with these particular companies that when they go in for interviews, to stay focused on the job, duties and visions of the company and stay away from asking any questions about benefits or perks.
Example: One of my candidates recently interviewed with a company who withholds benefit policies. He had a terrific interview with 3 managers who liked him alot and felt he was more than qualified to do the job. His last interview was with the Highest ranking manager who makes the final decision. He became SO comfortable after talking and lunching with the first 3, that when he got to the Big Guy on the totem pole, he started asking questions like: Can I get set up for telecommuting? Can I leave early sometimes to do this or that? The Manager disliked this intensely and as a result he did not get an offer. The other 3 who liked him were very disappointed, but had no say in the matter.
Companies who are up front and honest and open to candidate questions regarding benefits are simply acknowledging the importance of that Life/Work balance for people. It really shouldn't be a mortal mistake to talk about the good things which will make joining the company a rich and rewarding experience.
Any thoughts on this?
Lightner |
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regardless of how comfortable the client made this candidate feel, he was still interviewing and he assumed too much.Interviewing means just that,being still under consideration.If the interviewer put his feet up on the desk while talking,would this guy follow suit? This candidate should have known better to never get THAT comfortable to ask these types of questions. I have been on both the search side for a number of years and internally in human resources and can definitely see why he was nixed by the hiring honcho,regardless of how much the other people liked him. Hopefully he will be coached by his recruiter to know boundaries better next time.
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