Ring . . . a call, right before the holidays.

Bio-Brain, this is Patsy. I wanted to let you know that we terminated your candidate that started seven weeks ago.  Call me, I'm on my way out the door and won't be back until after the first.

This happens. It's part of our business, and we chalked it up to a bad fit. We specialize in this area and had several people to call.  We could fill it right away. Although fall offs are not a happy occasion, since we are specialists…

HR on the Warpath. Not pretty, and potentially dangerous. Like an elephant gone mad with no concern for damage inflicted on others or himself, this person is bent on destruction. 

Short Back story. 

Our client needed to hire someone who could be the director over several facilities. The position is new. We recruited several candidates. The candidate that they were interested in was currently making 125,000. 125,000 was the most this client wanted to…

Here's what happened next:

The VP of HR called me. She is,of course, a very professional and polite person. She knew the story because she had been included in the correspondence. Finally! I was talking to a professional adult. Things were looking up.

I didn't want to rehash the story, so basically I decided to ask if she would still like to hire EXEC3. I wanted to focus on something positive, and bring a happy conclusion to the…

One Company, 3 different but similar jobs.

We had 3 EXEC jobs.

We were given a salary range. We submitted candidates who were qualified, and within the range. We told all candidates to expect the mid range.

The professionals that we submitted for interviews are all working as EXECs for competitors. The jobs are in a remote part of the country, so we recruited people who either grew up there, or had a reason to move to the…