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0 pointsbluescrn4y ago0 comments

It's probably also selecting for people who are unemployed and therefore much more able to attend the entire gauntlet than those already employed.

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hirako20004y ago· 4 in thread

I would think the opposite is more likely.If you are employed, there is no pressure. You may go through 12 interviews for a 12 different jobs and be only so slightly offended. For the unemployed, time is most likely ticking, if not financially, at least emotionally. A relative slowness at any step of the process affects the unemployed mindset. Stress alone lowers interview performance, especially on the soft skills side. I would guess that more people in the employed pool make it through.

rascul4y ago

If you're employed it's more likely you don't have time for 12 interviews because you're working.

hirako20004y ago

You do have time. those interviews are scattered across multiple weeks, if you work place doesn't let you take a couple of hours of working hours away for personal matters, you got to quit even before having a lined up job as you don't want to stay there for far more important reasons than inability to take even 5 interviews

gcheong4y ago

True but being employed goes a long way to giving the perception that you are employable so in the cases that the decision is a toss-up between an unemployed person and an employed one I’d be willing to bet the employed one wins almost every time.

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H1Supreme4y ago

There might not be pressure, but you have to schedule time away from your current job to take interviews.

swader9994y ago· 1 in thread

How would this really be possible while currently employed, kids, real deliverables?

sgtnoodle4y ago

To some extent, perhaps it's analogous to poor vs. rich people buying boots. Someone living paycheck to paycheck can only afford cheap boots, so they wear out quickly. Someone with money to spare can afford the high quality boots, and they last years.

Similarly, someone with a flexible, relatively good job is more easily able to look around and find an even better opportunity.

On the other hand, it takes some courage and risk tolerance to step out from the day to day grind and find something better, even if it could ruffle some feathers. That's not something that comes naturally to most people. Break some eggs to make an omelette.

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