The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. “       -  Abraham Lincoln

 Mistakes--Good or Bad

One of the best lessons I learned in my career is that mistakes are good. Do not be afraid to make mistakes as they can be great tools to learn and grow.

The key is to not make the same mistake more than once.

 

The Top-10 Things Candidates Hate

 

I cannot take credit for this list but I do thank the author and I can assure you that I have heard these complaints many times.

 

10. Having no clue whom they are meeting with or how long they will be at the interview

9. Taking a personal day off on one, two, or three occasions to interview at XYZ Company only to get no feedback.

8. Learning after the fact that someone on the interview team thought that their resume showed too many positions when they actually worked for the same company for 10 years.

7. Navigating a ridiculous, invasive online application that does not save after each field, crashes unexpectedly and is hard to complete thoroughly

6. Walking into an interview with a person more junior than themselves to discover that said person is reading the resume for the first time.

5. Feeling like they really are the right person for the job but somehow can't get an interview.

4. Going through a more thorough interview process than a candidate for the Supreme Court.

3. Enduring a background check that is conducted by hourly workers on a different continent.

2. Enduring a formal interview process, complete with a one-hour phone screen with HR, a call with a junior team member asking basic questions, and then getting the green light to attend a cattle call.

1. The number-one pet peeve of all candidates is talking to misinformed interviewers.

 I am a great believer in luck and I find that the harder I work the more I have of it.”

-Thomas Jefferson

Over my tenure as a recruiter peope have wondered how I could bring a candidate and client together so fast. I would reply that it was luck and the harder I worked the luckier I would be. It its purest form, the role of the recruiter is to enhance the lives of candidates and improve client profitability. The hard work of the process is determining the needs of the client and matching it against the wants of the candidate. The luck (the result of the hard work) occurs when there is a match and both sides are happy. A successful hire has to be win-win for both sides. 


If you want to be part of a win-win situation I can be reached at:

lance@rpssearchgroup.com

Lance Incitti
973-627-1888