{"id":689,"date":"2007-02-23T12:32:17","date_gmt":"2007-02-23T18:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/signs-of-a-bad-fit\/"},"modified":"2007-02-23T12:32:47","modified_gmt":"2007-02-23T18:32:47","slug":"signs-of-a-bad-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/signs-of-a-bad-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs Of A Bad Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BusinessWeek.com&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/careers\/content\/feb2007\/ca20070220_903297.htm?campaign_id=rss_null\">Think Before You Speak or Write<\/a> provides a couple excellent stories regarding candidates who did a great job of putting their foot in their mouth. How would you like to receive this email?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m disappointed that the job you&#8217;re advertising pays much less than I&#8217;m used to making. It would be almost impossible for me to survive on the salary listed in the ad. Can you please tell me how much travel is required?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not the way to initiate a dialogue. I&#8217;ve encountered this short approach when sourcing also. I actually received an email from one candidate that pointedly asked:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Do I not qualify for the position that you are advertising,,,, considering that I have previously held the role in my 15 years of experience.Let me know!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was a bit taken aback. This candidate was not a fit for the position based on many criteria, but there was no stopping him. I did not contact him.<\/p>\n<p>The author does end with some sound advice for candidates to consider:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>That&#8217;s not to say that you should tell interviewers what you think they want to hear. Why pretend to be excited about a career path that doesn&#8217;t interest you? If salary is a problem, say so. What&#8217;s the point of working for a company that doesn&#8217;t give you what you want? No, your honesty isn&#8217;t hurting you. In the long run, it will help you get the job you really want.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Absolutely. I have the utmost respect for candidates who clearly state that the position is not a fit for them and why. When sourcing, that information is quite valuable to adjusting techniques and gathering market data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BusinessWeek.com&#8217;s Think Before You Speak or Write provides a couple excellent stories regarding candidates who did a great job of putting their foot in their mouth. How would you like to receive this email? &#8220;I&#8217;m disappointed that the job you&#8217;re advertising pays much less than I&#8217;m used to making. It would be almost impossible for me to survive on the salary listed in the ad. Can you please tell me how much travel is required?&#8221; Not the way to initiate a dialogue. I&#8217;ve encountered this short approach when sourcing also. I actually received an email from one candidate that pointedly asked: Do I not qualify for the position that you&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/signs-of-a-bad-fit\/\">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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,15],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-b7","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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