{"id":1687,"date":"2008-08-04T09:14:29","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T14:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/stupid-candidate-tricks-2\/"},"modified":"2008-08-04T05:56:04","modified_gmt":"2008-08-04T10:56:04","slug":"stupid-candidate-tricks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/stupid-candidate-tricks-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stupid Candidate Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is a new one – candidates who use provocative usernames in the online resume submission software.\u00a0 From abcnews.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

…a candidate who entered his resume in the company’s online database — along with the username “Sexpig.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, what more needs to be said about that one?\u00a0 Well, this is much better:<\/p>\n
Poindexter, a community manager at Disaboom.com, a Denver-based Web community for those with disabilities, recently had to retract a job offer from an entry-level candidate who proved to be a LinkedIn liar. Shortly after extending the offer, Poindexter Googled the new hire and found that his assistant-to-be’s LinkedIn profile had been updated to include a nonexistent position at Disaboom — as Poindexter’s supervisor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I am often puzzled by this – why do hiring managers Google candidates after<\/em> they extend an offer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here is a new one – candidates who use provocative usernames in the online resume submission software.\u00a0 From abcnews.com: …a candidate who entered his resume in the company’s online database — along with the username “Sexpig.” Yeah, what more needs to be said about that one?\u00a0 Well, this is much better: Poindexter, a community manager at Disaboom.com, a Denver-based Web community for those with disabilities, recently had to retract a job offer from an entry-level candidate who proved to be a LinkedIn liar. Shortly after extending the offer, Poindexter Googled the new hire and found that his assistant-to-be’s LinkedIn profile had been updated to include a nonexistent position at Disaboom… 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":[12,2],"tags":[914,915,916,889],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-rd","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}