Comments on: Help Candidates Self Select with Work Levels Job Descriptions http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/help-candidates-self-select-with-work-levels-job-descriptions Equipping Managers via Requisite Organization Systems Design. Talent Management, Leadership, Organization Design. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:30:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Michelle Malay Carter http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/help-candidates-self-select-with-work-levels-job-descriptions/comment-page-1#comment-541 Michelle Malay Carter Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:13:23 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=353#comment-541 Hi Alicia, Thanks for stopping by. Yes, "settling" is not a good thing when you are looking for a spouse, nor a job. Thanks for the comment. Michelle Hi Alicia,

Thanks for stopping by. Yes, “settling” is not a good thing when you are looking for a spouse, nor a job. Thanks for the comment.

Michelle

]]> By: Alicia Parr http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/help-candidates-self-select-with-work-levels-job-descriptions/comment-page-1#comment-540 Alicia Parr Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:16:17 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=353#comment-540 I second Will Pearce's comment about desperate job seekers. I also think there's a lot of reading into and ignoring of items in job descriptions by candidates to see what they want to see that happens. Some can be attributed to ambiguity in the job posting itself, but not all of it. I think Michelle you are right by suggesting that some people underestimate the pain of under or over employment. As a recruiter trying to provide the best candidate for a client, I also have to be mindful of the pain to the client if the wrong person were put into the role. I second Will Pearce’s comment about desperate job seekers. I also think there’s a lot of reading into and ignoring of items in job descriptions by candidates to see what they want to see that happens. Some can be attributed to ambiguity in the job posting itself, but not all of it. I think Michelle you are right by suggesting that some people underestimate the pain of under or over employment. As a recruiter trying to provide the best candidate for a client, I also have to be mindful of the pain to the client if the wrong person were put into the role.

]]> By: Michelle Malay Carter http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/help-candidates-self-select-with-work-levels-job-descriptions/comment-page-1#comment-538 Michelle Malay Carter Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:21:21 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=353#comment-538 Hi Will, You're right. Good observations. When people need to feed their families, they do what they need to do. I think many underestimate how painful it can be to be underemployed. I know a woman who is likely stratum 5 capable who works a level one role for health insurance as her husband is self-employed. She handles it with grace, but I don't know that I could do it. Regards, Michelle Hi Will,

You’re right. Good observations. When people need to feed their families, they do what they need to do.

I think many underestimate how painful it can be to be underemployed. I know a woman who is likely stratum 5 capable who works a level one role for health insurance as her husband is self-employed. She handles it with grace, but I don’t know that I could do it.

Regards,

Michelle

]]> By: Will Pearce http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/help-candidates-self-select-with-work-levels-job-descriptions/comment-page-1#comment-534 Will Pearce Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:53:17 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=353#comment-534 I certainly agree with your overall premise, but I wonder if this works well all of the time, or only when the economic factors haven't led to a larger number of "desperate" job seekers. In such times, I've seen people push for job interviews that they had to know were "above" them or even "below" them, no matter how explicit a description of the work I put in the job ad (and did HR complain about the length of my ads!). While it's still fairly easy to weed out the former with a capable screening and interview process, the latter can still slip through by downgrading their resumes, often with unhappy results. I certainly agree with your overall premise, but I wonder if this works well all of the time, or only when the economic factors haven’t led to a larger number of “desperate” job seekers. In such times, I’ve seen people push for job interviews that they had to know were “above” them or even “below” them, no matter how explicit a description of the work I put in the job ad (and did HR complain about the length of my ads!). While it’s still fairly easy to weed out the former with a capable screening and interview process, the latter can still slip through by downgrading their resumes, often with unhappy results.

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