I found someone who fit their requirements called and left a message with the wife who told me that he would call back after taking their child to school/
No problem.
Three hours later, I called again and spoke with him, reviewed his experience, discovered he was out of work for 8 months (red flag) but decided to go ahead with trying to arrange an interview for him.
The client liked his background and I called him to alert him to the probability of receiving a call from them late that afternoon.
"But I'm grouting the floor!"
"Sir, you;v been out of work for 8 months, are not close to landing a new job, I waited three hours for a return phone call and never received one, despite your wife's promise that I would receive one about a half hour later. Now you have an interview and you tell me you would rather grout your floor? Help me undertsand this."
He hung up and I was glad. A colleague called him back in an hour and gthe man described me in unkind terms for having pointed out how inconsistent his behavior was (I want a job, I won't call you back; I won't interview at the time I told you I could interview in our first conversation because I would rather grout the floor). I was thankful for not having my time wasted any more.
Jeff Altman
The Big Game Hunter
Concepts in Staffing
jeffaltman@cisny.com
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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, is Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, He has successfully assisted many corporations identify management leaders and staff in technology, accounting, finance, sales, marketing and other disciplines since 1971. He is a practicing psychotherapist and is a retired certified leader of the ManKind Project, a not for profit organization that assists men with life issues.
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