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Mr. Fix It by Sunil Ciszewski

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Candidate from Hell

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I find this guy's resume on HotJobs and offer him an opportunity to interview for my open position. I picked him, among others, because his resume looked good. He declines and tells me he doesn't think he's qualified. Ok, so at that point I should have accepted the answer, right? Of course I didn't. I wrote back meaning to encourage him to come in anyway -- but my message was off key. The guy writes me back and blasts me for not properly reading his resume and calls me ignorant for some wording I used in the job description. Again, I should have stopped responding. I write back and tell him he shouldn't be so angry and that he missed out on a great job with great pay. He then accuses me of unethical behavior.

I don't think I've ever run into this reaction. you offer a guy a shot at a great job and end up feeling like a dope. Let's hope the rest of my candidates are a little easier to work with.

 

 

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Innovation, Technology, Leadership, Management, Design, application design, Software, staff management, current topics in news, HotJobs.com Ltd.

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Hire Me!

Note: if you start a blog and want to use the spell check, copy the contents of your posting first. Installing the spell check deletes the contents of the editing box! Aaargh. Wasted time.

It's time to hire someone for the team. Joy. Back to the wonderful world of people trying to BS me about their capabilities. Is it me or is every resume the freakin' same? Is the new thing to claim your Einstein and hope they're looking for Forrest Gump? No? then it must be me. If I have another "senior" person tell me they've never heard of even the most common concept I think I'll...sit there and take it like I always do!! Who am I kidding, this is the life of a manager when you aren't hiring for Google. Thank Zeus for Craigslist. I can sell the kids bunk beds and receive resumes. You can't beat that with a stick.

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Innovation, Technology, Leadership, Management, Design, application design, Software, staff management, current topics in news, Craigslist Inc., Forrest Gump, Google Inc.

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