You got to be kidding me! Yvonne just posted in her blog that some job recruiters have taken a leaf from speed dating and started speed interviewing!
Remember when a job was something really serious, where we prepared ourselves all through school life in anticipation of? Since when has it become so flippant?
Is this a legitimate technique or is it just recruiters getting lazy to plough through stacks of resumes and matching possible candidates against detailed and relevant JD’s (job descriptions)?
We understand speed dating. It’s fun. It’s just for laughs and hopefully, strike a chord to build some fun friendships. That is a really long shot for marriage though. So you are going to entrust your next year’s marketing budget to the new marketing manager which your HR folks “felt a connection with” in a speed interview session?
You know, this reminds me of the thing about the “modern leader”, where they hide behind group consensus rather than standing up for what they believe in. This might be just another case of irresponsibility disguised as innovation. I don’t know. Anyone tried this yet? Speed interviewing…
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[tags]recruitment, job interview, head hunting[/tags]
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