Not Hiring The First Candidate Interviewed - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-29T15:37:51Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/forum/topics/not-hiring-the-first-candidate-interviewed?commentId=502551%3AComment%3A1842544&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWe do run into this sometimes…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2014-11-19:502551:Comment:18425442014-11-19T13:28:10.435ZLinda Ferrantehttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/LindaLoCicero
<p>We do run into this sometimes, but to be honest, the majority of our clients DO hire the 'first' candidate we present to them. It has to do with the quality of the information from the client, as well as the quality of the understanding of the position, culture, career path, etc, and the quality of the search and screening process. When this does happen I usually say "I could have presented other candidates, but I didn't like them as much and I don't want to waste your time. If you can…</p>
<p>We do run into this sometimes, but to be honest, the majority of our clients DO hire the 'first' candidate we present to them. It has to do with the quality of the information from the client, as well as the quality of the understanding of the position, culture, career path, etc, and the quality of the search and screening process. When this does happen I usually say "I could have presented other candidates, but I didn't like them as much and I don't want to waste your time. If you can share with me where we missed on Susie, then we can go back and tweak our recruiting efforts. If we can't identify where we missed with Susie, and you really like her, then we would in fact be wasting everyone's time. We tweaked the search already and came up with Susie. Let's make her an offer, she's the one." </p>
<p>I have one client who always asks how we do it on the first candidate (we've placed four high level people in his company in the past three years, all due to growth). I tell him it's because he's honest with me on the expectations, management style, growth potential, company path, culture, etc. Due to his honesty/transparency, we are able to execute a recruiting campaign that finds us the right candidates. Keep in mind though, we still screen and interview MANY, MANY candidates before finding that right one! </p> How frustrating! If you can't…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2014-11-11:502551:Comment:18399672014-11-11T22:31:06.183ZAmberhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/Amber689
<p>How frustrating! If you can't get them to come back to the fact that this is not really the 1st/only candidate, then you're stuck. Now you have to decide if you are going to find and send more people, and find out if the client is willing to roll the dice on losing the good candidate they have now.</p>
<p>How frustrating! If you can't get them to come back to the fact that this is not really the 1st/only candidate, then you're stuck. Now you have to decide if you are going to find and send more people, and find out if the client is willing to roll the dice on losing the good candidate they have now.</p> Your hiring manager has his h…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2014-11-11:502551:Comment:18395972014-11-11T11:20:56.040ZRecruiting Animalhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/canadianheadhunter
<p>Your hiring manager has his head up his ass. Grab the good person while she is available. I wouldn't go back into the field looking for new people until the hiring manager stated very specifically what this candidate is missing. And if it wasn't significant tell him to do the search himself.</p>
<p>Your hiring manager has his head up his ass. Grab the good person while she is available. I wouldn't go back into the field looking for new people until the hiring manager stated very specifically what this candidate is missing. And if it wasn't significant tell him to do the search himself.</p> Decision makers like to have…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2014-11-08:502551:Comment:18391472014-11-08T18:07:13.928ZChuck Kleinhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/ChuckKlein
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<p>Decision makers like to have choices. One candidate isn't enough. Had you brought the new one at the same time as the other ones, they might have hired him. But now it's a new search. </p>
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<p>Decision makers like to have choices. One candidate isn't enough. Had you brought the new one at the same time as the other ones, they might have hired him. But now it's a new search. </p>