sci.research.careers

On Sep 6, 4:31 pm, Straydog wrote:
>
> Perhaps Old Pif will be good enough to clue us in a little more on details
> of how the short list was created (in house or by 3rd party).
>

Sure. First of all our organization does not use headhunters. People
get in in two ways: by referral and by invitation. Those two are
different in that referral means passing a resume to a hiring manager
and invitation means that somebody who has an authority to start
hiring process invites a guy whom he met at a conference or some place
else.

So, that particular guy has been invited. A peculiar thing about this
place is that a job description is not generated every time they hire
somebody. The difference between the case with specific job
description and no job description is purely nominal as a person might
never perform the duty ever. The paper is simply forgotten the moment
he crosses the door. In the case discussed no specific job description
has been formulated and the guy is supposed to comply with the general
job description that applies to his level.

I don't know what the invitee told him, but apparently something has
been missed. In particular, he has not been explained what is expected
from the manager of his level. He apparently draw his ideas about
organization from its web-site and perhaps has been misled by the
invitee as he tried to present himself - very successfully I must
admit - as a technical expert with ideas. That is the worst image he
could choose. Hiring a person like him would create uncomfortable
situation for existing management. They can not speak his language and
they don't understand him. That is why in my opinion he has not been
hired. And I congratulate him for that.