tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850172499490375035.post5876568720102562850..comments2024-02-23T00:53:07.310+00:00Comments on Rooksmoor's Tablets of Lead: The 'X Factor' Approach to Job InterviewingRooksmoorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15563445039351828997noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5850172499490375035.post-61316844039102796782010-12-12T21:12:46.347+00:002010-12-12T21:12:46.347+00:00Yesterday, 'The Guardian' outlined a numbe...Yesterday, 'The Guardian' outlined a number of recruitment processes which are even more like 'The X Factor' than the ones I have been through. See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/dec/11/job-hunting-cv-x-factor<br /><br />As they note, the tasks that candidates are set, are often extremely time consuming, and, in fact often do not reveal the kind of information that selectors need to find out who is suited for the job. As with so much in business today, especially with recruitment, chasing after the latest fad is seen as far more important than doing a good job.<br /><br />I suppose the recruiters have to prove to their bosses that they are 'with it' so implement these rituals rather than actually analysing who they want. Leaving it up to some arbitrary activity takes the burden of making decisions off the selectors.<br /><br />I guess the next fashion will be something based on 'Total Wipeout', i.e. candidates having to get drenched, muddy, bruised and humiliated in the process along a tough assault course just to get a shot at being an office junior.Rooksmoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15563445039351828997noreply@blogger.com