I received a rejection from a job application this week, and I was so relieved. On paper it was a great job. A mix of my two most recent jobs, and genuinely remote. But the screening call person was abrupt to say the least… I just didn’t get a good feeling from them.
Ever so glad they didn’t want me, because I would not have wanted to work for someone like them.
Companies spend so much time and money on branding and marketing and then forget all about it when it comes to recruitment. Recruitment is also an outward facing activity. When you’re recruiting you’re still representing the company.
Recruitment is a two-way street. It’s for the prospective’ employee and for the employer. You WANT all prospective employees to come away with a favourable impression of your company.
And yet so many miss this opportunity, because they only see recruitment as a cost centre, a business necessary evil, a sunk cost, or something to get through.
To me, how you treat people during recruitment tells me everything about how you will treat employees when things get difficult at work.
I’m so glad I didn’t need to accept a job from people like this.
