The article in The Conference Board Review (Winter 2010 edition) is worth reading and can even go beyond what Laurie Ruettimann was saying. Laurie describes how JOB CANDIDATES are being treated and how it is not only WRONG, but will impact negatively on many companies, large and small, future.
She describes how job candidates are being mistreated, since companies today believe that they are in command and can do whatever they want to candidates, since jobs are scarce and they are not in any hurry to hire. She says that things will change and that this reputation of "candidate abuse" will be remembered when the tables turn and there is a shortage of candidates.
I totally agree and have heard of many situations where candidates are invited to interview, forced to have many visits and then not even given the "common courteous" having a " THANK YOU for coming"..but this attitude is not just with hiring...it PREVADES all of America today.
During my forty plus years as a Senior Executive in a primier company and as a personal consultant to many major companies, I have never seen such a lack of COMMON COURTESY and COMMON SENSE about dealing with all of the key stakeholders. When I was in recruiting I always sent an immediate response to all candidates, even if they were college students on an entry program, I always sent a response to letters and especially to anyone interested in the company or may consulting services... this is not the case today... You write a personal letter to a CEO and nothing happens, you make a proposal, which involves many hours of preparation and nothing happens, even with MAJOR COMPANIES.
The executives and professionals of today have been taught in the MAJOR Universities to be SENSITIVE but it has had a NEGATIVE impact... today's leaders are NOT SENSITIVE and the illustration of TREATING candidates badly is just ONE ILLUSTRATION of BAD MANNERS, LACK OF COURTESY and those who practice it will suffer the same response and suffer the long term consequences..
BE COURTESEOUS.. TREAT OTHERS LIKE YOU WANT BE TREATED...
Bill ROTHSCHILD...CEO ROTHSCHILD STRATEGIES UNLIMITED, LLD, where we treat our stakeholders with COMMON COURTESY.
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