{"id":2346,"date":"2010-06-02T07:44:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/hiring-stunts\/"},"modified":"2010-06-02T06:46:15","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T11:46:15","slug":"hiring-stunts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/hiring-stunts\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring Stunts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotjobs.yahoo.com\/career-articles-job_search_desperate_measures-1288\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a quick read from Yahoo Hot Jobs<\/a> about desperate hiring moves from candidates.\u00a0 The examples are entertaining \u2013 I suggest you read the article to see the different extremes some candidates will go to for a job.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite line from the article (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Career coach Bettina Seidman advises sending little &#8220;extras&#8221; when they are relevant to the job: &#8220;If a graphic designer sends a fabulous storyboard or another example of his or her work along with a resume, then that can work. If a labor-relations expert sends a copy of a new collective bargaining that he or she negotiated, that&#8217;s good. However, stalkers or flower senders or applicants who send their resumes in a huge envelope&#8211;none of this works. <strong>If a candidate shows signs of over-the-top actions or mental illness, they lose<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Excellent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a quick read from Yahoo Hot Jobs about desperate hiring moves from candidates.\u00a0 The examples are entertaining \u2013 I suggest you read the article to see the different extremes some candidates will go to for a job. My favorite line from the article (emphasis mine): Career coach Bettina Seidman advises sending little &#8220;extras&#8221; when they are relevant to the job: &#8220;If a graphic designer sends a fabulous storyboard or another example of his or her work along with a resume, then that can work. If a labor-relations expert sends a copy of a new collective bargaining that he or she negotiated, that&#8217;s good. However, stalkers or flower senders&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/hiring-stunts\/\">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":[2,25],"tags":[1588,1589,1587,1591,330,97,1590],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-BQ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346"}],"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=2346"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2347,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346\/revisions\/2347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The path to wp-cache-phase1.php in wp-content/advanced-cache.php must be fixed! -->