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Tips to Squash Candidate Hesitation Once and For All

by on Jul. 21, 2008


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Position and perception are everything, so start acting like a career agent and people will trust you like their career agent. Trust builds respect, respect builds relationships, and relationships turn into placements and referrals and even clients.

Here are 10 reasons why some candidates may hesitate:

  1. They are concerned that they will not achieve their long-term goals by taking this job.
  2. They do not have that warm and fuzzy ‘fit’ feeling.
  3. They are skeptical about the companies’ values, operating practices, or strategic objectives.
  4. They do not trust that the new boss and or company will mentor and develop them.
  5. They are frustrated that they wont be using their strengths to their fullest potential.
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The Way I See It…

by on Jun. 30, 2008


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What started out as one article about assessments for the July issue of The Fordyce Letter has spurred some interesting debate.

Long-time Fordyce writer Margaret Graziano’s new piece, “Recruiting, Selection, and the Future,” talks about the use of these tools, how to choose them, how to navigate around them, and how to leverage them.

In the article, Graziano writes, “Rather than looking at the selection industry as the devil, we can look at the selection industry as a chief component in differentiating ourselves from the sea of recruitment options.”

Is the devil in the details, or do  you think the selection industry is the devil? Well, we asked some Fordyce subscribers to weigh in on the assessment debate, and here is a sampling of what we heard:

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