Don’t make a long term decision based on short term information
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2025 9:36 am
This phrase is what Lou uses if he finds himself with a candidate choosing between his offer and the offer of another company. If you recruit for any significant length of time you will likely find yourself in a situation like this. Your client wants to make your candidate an offer and your candidate is going to decide between your offer and a competing offer. The fact of the matter is that sometimes this is simply unavoidable. As a recruiter you want to work with the best, most place-able candidates. Well if you plan on working with these types of candidates, you should be prepared for them to have multiple opportunities.
The way Lou tries to influence the decision of this candidate at this point in the pakistan phone number resource process is to talk with the candidate about each opportunity and look at the pros and cons of each. If you find yourself in a situation where your role pays less or perhaps the title isn’t as nice, you are certainly in a bad spot. That being said, this doesn’t mean it’s game over. Look at the roles. What does your role offer that the other position does not?
In the scenario Lou told us about, his job was for less money and the title wasn’t as nice. However, the industry was stronger for his opportunity and the long term growth potential was significantly better than what the other role appeared to offer. So Lou told the candidate to think it over, but urged him not to make his decision just based off what he got on day one. He told him not just to look at what the opportunities offered him on day one, but what they offered him long term. He said to the candidate “don’t make a long term decision based off of short term information”. Hopefully you don’t find yourself in this position often, but if you do and you have a good opportunity, fight for it. In the story the candidate ended up taking Lou’s job and seven months later he had been promoted to a role more significant than both roles were at the offer stage. He called Lou to thank him and told him that moving forward he would make sure he always looked at the long term ramifications before making a decision and avoid falling into the trap of the short term reward.
The way Lou tries to influence the decision of this candidate at this point in the pakistan phone number resource process is to talk with the candidate about each opportunity and look at the pros and cons of each. If you find yourself in a situation where your role pays less or perhaps the title isn’t as nice, you are certainly in a bad spot. That being said, this doesn’t mean it’s game over. Look at the roles. What does your role offer that the other position does not?
In the scenario Lou told us about, his job was for less money and the title wasn’t as nice. However, the industry was stronger for his opportunity and the long term growth potential was significantly better than what the other role appeared to offer. So Lou told the candidate to think it over, but urged him not to make his decision just based off what he got on day one. He told him not just to look at what the opportunities offered him on day one, but what they offered him long term. He said to the candidate “don’t make a long term decision based off of short term information”. Hopefully you don’t find yourself in this position often, but if you do and you have a good opportunity, fight for it. In the story the candidate ended up taking Lou’s job and seven months later he had been promoted to a role more significant than both roles were at the offer stage. He called Lou to thank him and told him that moving forward he would make sure he always looked at the long term ramifications before making a decision and avoid falling into the trap of the short term reward.