Posted in 21st Century, 5Careers Design, Apathy is a favorite tool of fools., Human or Cog?, Maturity is not a skill, Michael Mason Norman, The World Needs Your Talents, tagged Great Life on July 8, 2010|
“Lesson one, The world owes you nothing!”
“Lesson two, The country owes you nothing!”
“Lesson three, What do you owe yourself? A Great Life!”
The little girl looked up at her grandparents. Into their eyes she searched for more, but their eyes kept repeating the same messages, over and over. (more…)
Posted in 21st Century Workplace, Human or Cog?, Impoverished imaginations, Organizational Imagination Deficit on June 14, 2010|
Caller: Sir, I sent in my resume and app two weeks ago and then had a phone interview last Thursday. But, even though I was told someone would call me on Monday, I thought it was best, since today is Friday, to call back and find out what was your decision?
HR: Uh, well I haven’t heard back from the hiring manager, so I don’t know what to say. Please, we will call you next week to let you know. Thanks for calling.
Two weeks later.
Caller: Sir, I talked with you two Friday’s ago and you mentioned you thought a decision would be made the following week, but I haven’t heard from anyone.
HR: Well, we are still thinking through what we want to do. Thanks for calling.
Three weeks later, the Caller notices an announcement about the job he interviewed for. It was found on the website: www……
It notifies job searchers that the job posted three months earlier for so and so type company, had been pulled. It doesn’t say if it were filled, nothing.
Two days later, the same job is reposted, inviting interested parties to submit resumes and applications.
The Caller (Dumb-founded and frustrated): Sir, Why didn’t someone have the professional decency to call me and let me know what was happening. Click on the other end of the line. Such is life in the hiring lane these days.
Is it fear of engagement or is it just not wanting to have to explain why someone was not hired. Time or lack of it could be a culprit, too. Should organizations call people or email them to let them know they were not under further consideration after interviewing them, especially if they were softly lead to believe they were still in the running for a position or possible further interviews?
What are your thoughts on this kind of situation for job seekers? Do organizations have any kind of responsibility to inform potential employees of hiring decisions or is that a legal taboo? What does this do to the hiring process in the future and who is going to believe HR people or their surrogate 3rd party vendors? Are there any hidden costs for organizations who run soft deceptions during the hiring process?
Posted in Be The Difference: Today and Tomorrow, Human or Cog?, Thinking, tagged Cogs, Linchpin, Seth Godin, Thinking on January 15, 2010|
Our mythical Common Sense has a habit of telling us that everyone would or at least should agree on certain ideas, practices, etc. As often as proclaimed, the notion is wrong.
For instance, it is suggested that we are all indispensable in our work lives. Otherwise, we can naïvely ask, why were we hired in the first place? Of course, in our eyes who can live without us? But we are not indispensable. It seems people are incurably and exceptionally skilled at making themselves dispensable. (For full disclosure: I have been very adept in my life at making myself dispensable, in more ways than I would dare share with you today.) With that admission, I am now ready to declare that Seth Godin’s book, Linchpin, captured me for a sleepless night reading experience. (more…)
Perspectives on Leadership for the 21st Century 