Comments on: Fluffing Your Candidate http://www.fordyceletter.com/2008/04/30/fluffing-your-candidate/ Straight Talk for the Recruiting Profession Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dave Staats http://www.fordyceletter.com/2008/04/30/fluffing-your-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Dave Staats Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:26:11 +0000 http://www.fordyceletter.com/?p=449#comment-621 Maybe it's the market I work...but I have just over 22 years now and only have heard the term associated with a completely different industry....er...profession :-) Maybe it’s the market I work…but I have just over 22 years now and only have heard the term associated with a completely different industry….er…profession :-)

]]> By: You Know Me http://www.fordyceletter.com/2008/04/30/fluffing-your-candidate/comment-page-1/#comment-620 You Know Me Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:43:54 +0000 http://www.fordyceletter.com/?p=449#comment-620 Fluffing. Hmmmm. I don't know. As I think about this - is the question whether we should or should not? Or is this about telling the truth at all times to your candidate? If whether or not to fluff is the question - the answer is simple: you have to. It is your obligation to all parties involved. Period. Is the question really "can you be creative to help your candidate gain a mental edge for this interview" then I say go ahead. Really - if you've been at this long enough to have a dozen send outs under your belt - there really is no reason to stretch the truth. You'll already have enough real history to speak from your own experience. As to whether you got the job or not because your recruiter told you to smile....? I highly doubt it. You are who you are. You would have smiled anyway. Fluffing. Hmmmm. I don’t know. As I think about this – is the question whether we should or should not? Or is this about telling the truth at all times to your candidate?

If whether or not to fluff is the question – the answer is simple: you have to. It is your obligation to all parties involved. Period.

Is the question really “can you be creative to help your candidate gain a mental edge for this interview” then I say go ahead. Really – if you’ve been at this long enough to have a dozen send outs under your belt – there really is no reason to stretch the truth. You’ll already have enough real history to speak from your own experience.

As to whether you got the job or not because your recruiter told you to smile….? I highly doubt it. You are who you are. You would have smiled anyway.

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