{"id":9,"date":"2006-09-14T16:53:11","date_gmt":"2006-09-14T20:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cecsearch.com\/WordPress\/2006\/09\/18\/candidates-not-calling-back\/"},"modified":"2022-08-08T03:59:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T07:59:53","slug":"candidates-not-calling-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cecsearch.com\/wordpress\/2006\/09\/14\/candidates-not-calling-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do great candidates not call back?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Well today I need help from y’all. I need to try to get some sort of idea of why a candidate wouldn’t return any of the calls from any of our recruiters. Everyone that has talked to this guy is completely baffled.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some background for you. Found a candidate with 23 years of experience in the industry, with a major brand. Senior level multi-unit guy. He was a perfect fit for the post that I had. He was referred by one of my partner firms. The job that I had was just what he was looking for. He was very familiar with the concept and even though it required a relocation, it was to a very desirable area where he and his family had lived before and had relatives.<\/p>\n

The first interview (mostly a pre-screen but lasting about 1 hour) went very well. Debriefed with both parties and everyone was excited. We set up the next telephone interview with the person who would be his direct supervisor. During my debrief from the first interview, I told the candidate that I knew he would do well, and that he should start thinking in terms of what an acceptable offer would be. He should also start thinking about what obstacles needed to be overcome in order for him and his family to commit to relocation.<\/p>\n

The second interview happened on a Tuesday and the client company conveyed that they were very interested in pursuing the candidate and wanted to fly him in ASAP. Here is where things go haywire. The candidate began ducking our calls. None of the recruiters that he had spoken to could get a call back. He wasn’t answering emails. It was if he just disappeared.<\/p>\n

Not being one to give up easily, a called in a favor from a friend of mine. He eventually got in touch with the candidate and told him that there was a job in Ohio that he was perfect for. We had the candidate call one of the other recruiters in my office who pitched a job in Ohio (the candidate didn’t want to work for the company) and a job in Georgia. The candidate was very excited about the GA position and my recruiter cleared relocation and salary. Before they went any further, my recruiter let the candidate know that he was part of my company…. at that point the candidate freaked… said he wasn’t interested, and hung up the phone.<\/p>\n

Several things don’t make sense to me. Why would a professional of 23 years behave in such an unprofessional manner? What motivates a candidate to suddenly just avoid phone calls? Why not just have a conversation? He was obviously still in the job market and hadn’t taken a position, so why not go on the interview? Why would a candidate suddenly have no interest in seeking a job that a few moments ago he described as exciting, based on the company that has the search?<\/p>\n

So guys, give me some of your ideas. Have you ever done anything like that? Have you avoided phone calls from recruiters? On what basis? Would you turn down the chance to pursue a great job based on the recruiting company that had the assignment?<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well today I need help from y’all. I need to try to get some sort of idea of why a candidate wouldn’t return any of the calls from any of our recruiters. Everyone that has talked to this guy is completely baffled.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Some background for you. Found a candidate with 23 years of experience in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecsearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecsearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecsearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecsearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecsearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cecsearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecsearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecsearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecsearch.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}