At the end of the day, hiring is really all about motivational fit. If you're a hiring manager, lots of people can do the job you have open. If you're a candidate, there are a lot of jobs you can do.
The question is - do really want to take the job that's offered to you? Is the job, the hiring manager, the department and the company a fit for what motivates you on a daily basis?
Exhibit #1 - The current job search of HR Wench:
"I had my in-person panel interview for the Leave of Absence Specialist position onThursday. The organization is a large, faith-based, non-profit. Very conservative and formal. Every person on the panel was wearing a suit. They don't even have casual Fridays. Bummer.
I like the hiring manager, but she speaks very slowly and is rather quiet. This made me fidget in my seat. I wanted to blurt, "spit it out, sister!" The other panel members included two peers of the position and a manager in charge of ADA issues.
I felt a bit like a country bumpkin. I mean, a manager (with a TEAM reporting to her) that only handles ADA issues? Holy crap, Batman.
They were just so...professional about everything. I like to show my personality in interviews; laugh and try to relate to people. They were all very pleasant but also very straight-laced. One thing that really turned me off is when it was my turn to ask them questions, they gave me very rehearsed and sugar coated answers. Every time I tried to peer under the rug ("Why do HR professionals leave the organization?") I would get some bull*** answer about how no one ever leaves because it is SO GREAT there."
HRW - do what's best for you... Part of me hopes you could go to work for a tech company and wear jeans and flip-flops every day, but part of me hopes you get the offer and take it, if only for the quality content to follow.



HRWench has to go for the brass ring and find the job that makes her happy.......it'll probably still give her plenty of content just because she appears to be such a lively personality.........
Hang in there! Your (HRW's) tweets about your search are priceless and give me several LOL moments a day.........
Kelly aka SourcerKelly
Posted by: Kelly Dingee | May 21, 2008 at 05:02 AM
I live to rant and I need material!! :)
Posted by: HR Wench | May 21, 2008 at 12:24 PM