I had lunch with a former client last week and, although I keep writing about this being a rude job market, was once again shocked by just how rude it is. This top notch, senior level marketing professional had interviewed three times for a position at a major company, each time getting buy signs from both the line manager and HR. After the third interview she clearly fell off their radar.
OK, so they decided to go with another candidate or they had a job freeze or they decided they needed to rethink the focus of the position. Whatever! NOT OK that they they simply stopped returning calls or answering e-mails and didn't have the common courtesy to send a turn down letter.
What gives today? What happened to common courtesy? What happened to the golden rule?
I know it's hard not to personalize this behavior and easy to simply throw in the towel and stop looking for that next chapter. Just take a deep breath and remember that this is a rude job market. When people behave this way it says more about them and their organization than it does about you. Pick yourself up and get back out there AND remember to treat people better than you have been treated next time you are in the position of hiring manager.
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