maybe an interview cancelation is really protection

Happy Friday 🤍

For those wondering what the job search is like right now, this is a good example. A recruiter recently reached out to me about a position they're trying to fill for their client. We spoke a couple of times before an interview with the client was scheduled. In one of our conversations, I was asked if I had any travel plans coming up (which, now that I think about it, I probably shouldn't have answered). I was honest and mentioned a short trip in mid-May to Texas for a family reunion. This morning (the day of the interview), I received this email telling me my interview was canceled but if I could change my trip, the recruiter would "be happy to let my client know and see if we can get you scheduled again for an interview". It ended with, "Please let me know how you'd like to proceed".

I don't even know how to respond to this. First of all, my trip is 4 weeks away. I've yet to hear of anyone start a job within that time frame (from first interview to first day), but hey, stranger things have happened so maybe this company moves fast. Second, how I'd like to proceed? Is the recruiter really putting this on me? Is this their way of telling me to change my travel plans? Is the commission really that important to them?

I'm still mulling over my reply but this is an example of how out of whack this job market is. No candidate should ever be made to feel like they need to change travel plans for a *chance* at a job (which is all an interview really is, there's no guarantee you'll get hired). How about you interview qualified candidates and deal with things like planned trips closer to a job offer/start date? For what it's worth, the trip is a total of 4 days, 2 of them being Saturday and Sunday, so I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around that missing a Friday and Monday would be detrimental to this position but whatever 🤷🏼‍♀️

Also, "hit the ground running" was a red flag to me (but I was open to learning more about the position, that's why I agreed to an interview), so maybe I'm being protected from another dump-everything-on-accounting position. I've had more than my fair share of those in my career. 

Job seekers, hang in there, the weekend's almost here 🌼

#JobHuntingChronicles


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