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This is a special candidate side episode before I release The Recruiter’s Review: Employer’s Edition (coming this fall). As I move into the Employer’s Edition, I will still provide more of these strategic candidate topics. If there is a topic you wish me to air, email me or send me a message on LinkedIn.

The material in this episode has been inspired by a few final interviews I have seen or heard of NOT going to an offer this year.  As I said in "The Pendulum Swings" episode, we are no longer in that job market where it’s an easy and quick one or two interviews and an offer is made. Rather, we have returned to very traditional interviewing with multiples steps and a final interview that is truly a FINAL INTERVIEW that is not guaranteed to result in a job offer.   I recently filled a position where the first finalist blew his final interview. Personally, I thought he was the ideal hire. But no matter what I said, I could not shake my client’s concern in what they call a very lack luster final interview with the CEO.   How to win in the final interview? Tune in for another episode of The Recruiter’s Review.

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In this final episode of Season Two, Emily Mulicka and Monia Smith of NCR VOYIX are my special guests.  Special on two fronts! The first is that both are seasoned and top performing Talent Acquisition Professionals and have worked at all levels of hires and disciplines. Whether you are a sales representative, in a technical role or a leader, listen to what they have to say!  Both have been deeply involved in many hires into their global organization.  Emily and Monia will provide their insights and observations on the candidate behaviors and traits that both win and lose in the interview process.

Also "special" is that this is my transition episode that takes The Recruiter’s Review to the other side of the desk.  This series ongoing will speak to the behaviors and strategies that both win and lose candidates as companies and corporations battle in this global talent war.   Emily and Monia are excellent ambassadors for their organization and do an incredible job attracting talent into the interview process.  They offer their insights into what a Talent Acquisition professional should, and should not do. As well, they have a key piece of advice for all hiring managers.   

This episode kicks off a number of episodes to come on what talent acquisition professionals, hiring managers and executives need to know if they hope to win in the war on talent.  Tune in!

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Counter offers are often knee jerk reactions to an unexpected resignation. But whose best interests are really being served?

I am in my 35th year of recruiting and have tracked many counter offer situations; recruits I found who shared with me their last counter offer experience, as well, some recruits who made the mistake of accepting counter offers when offered positions I recruited them for.  To date, I have not found a single person that accepted a counter offer when I had them another offer that remained with the original company beyond six months past accepting the counter offer.

I have converted my published pieces on counter offers into this easy listen podcast format. I can speak to the often ill effects that come from accepting a counter offer. I encourage you to pay attention to this advice on this episode of The Recruiter’s Review.

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A bonus episode on the candidate side of the desk!
You have just cleared the hurdles and obstacles of the interview process, and have
secured the offer that you were hoping for. Just as you breathe a sigh of relief because
the interview process is all over, you realize that you have to face what could be the
toughest part of the interview process – your resignation. If you truly hate your current
job and despise your current boss, resigning should be easy. But, if you have been with
your company for some time, you may now be feeling a sense of loyalty. Or, you may be
friends with your boss, and now dread having to tell a friend that you quit.
I understand these feelings and fears that arise at the resignation stage. I, too, went
through the emotional roller coaster of the resignation process. 
In this episode, I review my long standing article "The Resignation" and how to resign, and not let the career opportunity in your hands slip away at this critical stage.

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Sometimes you find opportunity, sometimes opportunity finds you.  This holds true when it comes to job opportunities, too. Sometimes you find the job you are looking for, other times it finds you by way of a headhunter or an industry connection that reaches out to you. But how do you evaluate it? The money? What?

I see many make the money mistakes – saying “no” without full understanding the “money” and saying “yes” because the job paid more than another.
 
 Comp plans and quotas are seldom the same company to company. Perhaps with direct competitors, but in similar spaces or ancillary markets, things are not as black and white as you might think.  Things become apples to oranges instead of apples to apples.

And when it comes to evaluating opportunities whether you are selectively looking or have been forced into the job market, my exercise in a previous episode is a must do   I encourage you to listen to this episode before or after listening to this one.  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2138795/episodes/12332399

Join me for another great episode of The Recruiter’s Review.

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What does it mean to say, “I do”, or “I will”, or “I did?”  It means just that. 

When you say, “yes”“ to what culminates a process and now begins the next phase of planning and execution,  the other party takes that in good faith and proceeds in good faith, investing the time and money to make it happen.  

I Accept…The Ethics of Accepting a Job Offer is both about doing what is right and ethical, and part of proactive career management in this ever growing smaller world.

In this episode, I talk about to talk about the gravitas and seriousness of formally accepting a job offer, and the damage it creates to the hiring side, and the candidate, when the acceptance was insincere and the individual kept interviewing and backed out after acceptance.

I will tell you in this episode how to accept, and how to keep a job offer in hand without playing the game of accepting unless a better offer comes along.

And now, another special edition of The Recruiter’s Review  and I Accept….The Ethics of Accepting a Job Offer.

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Early in Season One, I had an episode titled “The Pendulum Swings” where I discussed the return of the pre COVID and pre hiring boom  job market dynamics.  Industry has re-embraced higher standards and practices when it comes to hiring, and that includes the return to formal interviews that are behavioral, situational and performance based. 

Those who are not prepared for these types of interviews may find themselves struggling to answer the interviewer’s questions. I am personally seeing this,  where once the resume walk through is completed, the candidate is unable to answer the situational, behavioral or performance based questions that follow. The end result is a hiring manager telling me, “Pat, good resume, poor interview. He/she was not prepared and could not answer my questions. I will pass.”  

Tune in to hear how you can be better and best prepared for this style of interview.

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Recently, I had three different individuals who were dropped in the first interview because they did not answer that question very well.  All three were highly interested in the jobs they were interviewing for, but the inability to answer that question to the hiring manager resulted in a “no go” for each. 

In this episode, I will discuss how to answer the question, whether you are proactively looking to leave or have left/been asked to leave the position you last held. 

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A continuation of my last episode on job loss – how to be prepared for it and what to do when it happens. I promised guests on my show who would lend relevant experiences to all of you who are listening.  My guest in this episode is not only someone who can lend some firsthand experiences and advice, he was the inspiration for this two-part "mini-series." Joining me this time is a long-time client, Mike Manahan, who found himself unexpectedly on the job market in January of this year.  As the intro to this episode notes, sometimes you see it coming, and sometimes you do not. And despite Mike having a long term and prior employee/employer relationship with the CEO, Mike found himself caught up in a short notice restructure and layoff.    

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In the good times and the “not so good” times of the economy, job loss happens.  I have worked through several hiring booms and several hiring busts over my career. I was a hiring manager myself in the mid 80’s in Pittsburgh, PA while the area was still feeling the pains of the steel industry’s setbacks. I have recruited in the hottest of markets, and I have experienced Black Friday,  the implosion of the telecom industry, the dot com bust and a few other downturns. Most recently,   we experienced furloughs and job losses during and post the COVID pandemic.  In 2023, we are seeing job losses related to reactions to economic forecasts and interest rates increasing.  We are also seeing job losses created simply by companies realizing they need to regroup.  Over the last decade or so, there have been many startups and acquisitions.  The natural cycle for both is hiring ramp up, maintain and then, downsize; either by attrition or by action. 

You can – and should – be prepared for the event of job loss, even if you think your job is secure. And should it happen to you, there are things to do, and things NOT to do.  

I will be discussing all of this in this episode of The Recruiter’s Review . 

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