Job Hacking

Dog Piling on the Peter Principal

There are certain areas of research that I find captivating: Cognitive Psych, Computer Science, Game Theory and Economics. HR? Used to in college, but now, not so much.

Until today.

The Cynical Girl, aka Laurie Ruettimann, has a thought provoking post, (ig) Nobel Prizes, in which she sites a highly thought-provoking article, which she describes thusly, "They demonstrated (through math) that organizations would become more efficient if they promoted people at random."

The article in question, The Peter Principal Revisited: a Computational Study.

Don't call us, we'll call you

I've been talking recently with a number of folks about their job searches, and there's one interesting thread in all of these conversations: They never get a call about their status after an interview. Or rather, they never get a call call unless it's to move the recruiting process forward.

Actually, it's worse. Not only do they not call, they don't get email, either.

Who's they? HR Pros, Recruiters, Hiring Managers, Execs, CxOs. Everyone.

I can think of a number of reasons for this shift in behavior, but it sure seems like it's rampant to the point of acceptable practice by virtually every business.

Consider this the way the game is played from now on (but this does not let you off the hook for writing your thank-you notes). Accept it as part of Egoless Job Hunting.