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You know, HR people are not that primitive. More often than not they'll sense you are a bad fit for the job, not because you are "not good enough", but because
by kken 13y ago
You know, HR people are not that primitive. More often than not they'll sense you are a bad fit for the job, not because you are "not good enough", but because of other reasons.
- You may be overqualified
- You may be a very creative person applying for a dull routine job.
- You may be a leader applying for a subordinate function.
- ...
Furthermore, often they can not give you honest feedback due to antidiscriminatory laws.
- shubb 13y agoThat is true, but the situation I was addressing, as in the article, is where you have a short list of candidates that are suitable, but can only recruit say 1. In that case, you can't tell the rest they don't have the job until a preferred candidate has actually signed the contract.