I recently posted a Q&A on LinkedIn asking "What have job candidates done or said that blew their chances of getting hired?" and received an astounding 40 answers. I could not believe the weird stuff that recruiters and hiring managers said that candidates had done during their interviews. It seemed to be something that recruiters and hiring managers wanted to talk about . . . A LOT. And so with that I've launched a new website called TJNTIY (they're just not that into you).
I figured a little levity could go a long way to get us through economic hard times we all face. In anecdote after anecdote, you get to hear how hiring managers assess and ultimately decide against a candidate who could have been you or me. That insight, I hope, will help candidates not make similar mistakes during their next job interviews. TIY postings, on the other hand, will provide real-world examples of things a candidate can say or do to get hired as in "they're . . . into you". And last . . .we also invite the anecdotes about the clues from a potential employer that, when decoded, suggest they're just not that into you.
So please come. Read. Laugh a little. And then share . . . (those who are not logged in can post anonymously to the site.)
See you online!
Haha, nice name for it. Someone's taking advantage of a recent movie hit! ;)
My favorite one so far is definitely http://www.tjntiy.com/node/77 Its just purely awesome.
-Marc
Posted by: more traffic | November 30, 2009 at 04:22 PM