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Recruiting for a company that has fans (actual, fanatic fans) can be tricky. Sometimes you can play the candidate's enthusiasm against them. Sometimes they co
by seiji 13y ago
Recruiting for a company that has fans (actual, fanatic fans) can be tricky. Sometimes you can play the candidate's enthusiasm against them. Sometimes they come in with unrealistic expectations and burn out in six months. Sometimes you do the sane thing and just hire somebody who has never heard of you.
- prawn 13y agoThis seems to happen with (especially female) journalists writing for fashion magazines. Salaries are low but number of applicants is high.
- Tloewald 13y agoThe big problem is going to be too many applicants. Suggesting the job will be shitty and low paid seems to be a great way to filter out competent applicants.
- trothoun 13y agoMaybe they are building a blacklist from the applicants and will post the real job description later. If this were true I would be more at peace with the world than I presently am.
- hobbes 13y agoI applied for a job a few years ago, which had two interviews. The first interview was to determine my technical ability and character. The second interview was for them to gauge my reaction to all the crap parts of the job. They told me about the level of social life, the tedious tasks I will have to do, and so on. They said that, previously, they had talked-up the position to attract someone only for them to leave once they realized the reality wasn't quite so great. So, if I took the job, I would not be shocked once I got to my desk. In the end I didn't get the job, but this is the only interview I have been in that didn't try to hide the bad bits or to over-hype the good bits. So, yeah, unrealistic expectations are an issue. But, I mostly blame the hiring company for talking out of their backsides in order to recruit.