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I read a quote today, “All things must change to something new, to something strange” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
It’s quite random but I thought as an exercise in logic, how could I apply it to my profession of recruiting, and this is what I came up with.
The law of conservation of matter says, matter cannot be created or destroyed, although it may be rearranged. Longfellow’s quote is quite similar to that universal law and can also be applied to all things, tangible and intangible, including ‘recruiting’. What was used in our past, let’s say pen & paper and the phone is now e-mail, faxes and social networking sites. If you would have told someone 70-80 years ago that it will one day be possible for them to communicate with or find people from all over the world, in any profession, with just a key-stroke, they would most likely have found that person and idea strange.
Nothing ever stays the same. The second a thing is created (an idea or an object, including ourselves) it begins to decay or at least change from its original form, into something new, for a moment; it may even be a bit strange.
Marcus Ettinger DC, BS
Believe it or not, I just had an senior interviewer call me with a critique of a candidate my firm submitted for a lucritive, mid-six-figure salary, position. The candidate asked, “if I close ten sales in the first week (the expectation is 2-4 per week) can I take the next 3 weeks off?” The interviewer was polite and finished up the interview and said good-bye. I am betting that as soon as the door closed the candidates resume went into the trash. The sad part was, the candidate was over-qualified for the position and really wanted the job. The interviewer said that he had never had anyone sabotage themselves so bad within the fist few minutes of an interview.
My recommendation for all interviews is to always answer the interviewers question with a yes or no answer, unless he/she asks for a more detailed answer. Never volunteer infromation, just answer the question! The more you open your mouth the more chances you have to put your foot in it.
Marcus Ettinger DC, BS
