{"id":1584,"date":"2008-05-21T13:30:54","date_gmt":"2008-05-21T18:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/05\/recruiting-buzzwords-exposed\/"},"modified":"2008-05-21T13:28:48","modified_gmt":"2008-05-21T18:28:48","slug":"recruiting-buzzwords-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/05\/recruiting-buzzwords-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruiting Buzzwords Exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this is only fair &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ere.net\/articles\/db\/A068149AAE174D659608A46A0694BD2B.asp\">ERE offers up an article<\/a> with the real definition of common recruiting buzzwords\/phrases.\u00a0 Some of the buzzwords from the rather extensive list:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Ad-hoc<\/strong> (adj.) <em>Usage:<\/em> &#8220;There will also be some ad-hoc projects required.&#8221; <em>Definition:<\/em> A catch-all phrase used by corporations to describe the countless hours of manpower invested in activities unrelated to one&#8217;s job function, generally evoked at the whim of departmental heads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOE <\/strong>(acr.) see also <strong>depending on experience.<\/strong><em>Usage:<\/em> &#8220;I am unable to provide a salary range for the position as it is DOE.&#8221; <em>Definition:<\/em> Whereby a company unable to pay market rate for a position compensates by placing the blame on candidate deficiencies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feedback <\/strong>(n) <em>Usage:<\/em> &#8220;I&#8217;ll provide feedback from my hiring manager as soon as I get it.&#8221; <em>Definition:<\/em> Generally construed as a one- or two-word answer by which hiring managers summarily reject top candidates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next steps<\/strong> (phrase) <em>Usage:<\/em> &#8220;We&#8217;ll be in touch regarding next steps.&#8221; <em>Definition:<\/em> A phrase used to put off rejecting marginal candidates for as long as possible until an offer is accepted by a more qualified party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overtime <\/strong>(n) <em>Usage:<\/em> &#8220;There may be some slight overtime involved.&#8221; <em>Definition:<\/em> An institution imposed by corporations to increase shareholder value without increasing headcount by maximizing working hours of employee population, up to and including Saturdays, holidays, and seminal life events.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this is only fair &#8211; ERE offers up an article with the real definition of common recruiting buzzwords\/phrases.\u00a0 Some of the buzzwords from the rather extensive list: Ad-hoc (adj.) 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DOE (acr.) see also depending on experience.Usage: &#8220;I am unable to provide a salary range for the position as it is DOE.&#8221; Definition: Whereby a company unable to pay market rate for a position compensates by placing the blame on candidate&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/05\/recruiting-buzzwords-exposed\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,2],"tags":[693,694],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anecdotes","category-hiring","tag-recruiting-buzzwords","tag-recruiting-phrases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-py","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1583,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/05\/marketing-buzzwords-exposed\/","url_meta":{"origin":1584,"position":0},"title":"Marketing Buzzwords Exposed","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"LOVE this article from SalesHQ - Marketing Buzzword Bingo.\u00a0 The author shares my disdain for marketing buzzwords.\u00a0 The article is simply a list of buzzwords with his definition for each one. 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