Re: Rant

["Steve Schwarzman" <steve -at- writersbookmall -dot- com>]

Jon wrote:

>Every interview I've been
>on it's been about 'vision' and drinking the company kool-aid and such.
[...]
>These are temp positions, whereas the company management
>doublespeak has (in my 8 years experience) been reserved for actual
>employees (who, IMHO, are paid to take this.)

Some interviewers, especially the HR screeners, don't know the difference
between how to hire an employee and how to hire a contractor. So it may be
that the interviewers you encountered don't necessarily reflect what the
actual work environment is like for contractors - it could be that the
people you'd actually work with do understand your role.

It's also possible that as the economy emerges into what appears to be a new
hiring phase, someone in HR, feeling that it's still a buyer's market,
decreed that "all candidates shall be screened for vision." In this case,
too, interviewing image of the company and actual project conditions could
still differ from each other.

Steve Schwarzman
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Books for Writers - http://www.writersbookmall.com


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