It is 7:00 AM and I am waiting for a candidate for a job interview. I have his resume lying in front of me with some areas underlined which I want to know more about. Also I have written down a dozen questions on a piece of paper. In other words, I am well prepared for the interview. Unfortunately the candidate does not show up at seven and at 7:20 I call my agent where he is. A while later they call me back to inform me that he is delayed by heavy evening traffic. That is not something one would expect in the evening I answer but my sarcasm is not heard. Anyway he would be at my office in 5 minutes. When the candidate arrives finally at 8:00 in my office he doesn’t find it necessary to apologize neither to explain the reason why the person who needs to hire him has waited for one hour outside office hours. Let’s start the interview…

I have learned from my mistakes and read resumes only when people really show up, let my recruiter confirm the appointment 30 minutes prior and try not to plan any interviews outside office hours. I estimate that more than 50% of the candidates won’t show up for an appointment, often without informing us. Rather curious is that   (more…)