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Lateral damage: failed hires cost London dear

There is a lot of truth in that, although it's worth saying that many people don't choose to move - one headhunter I spoke to reckons a third of the candidates they see are being forced to move by their firms, and I reckon the proportion is greater once you add in all those people who feel as if they need to move, perhaps having seen the writing on the wall or having hit a career roadblock. In addition, it's not just the candidate playing cover-up during the interview process; law firms are just as bad at that, which can lead to some nasty surprises when a partner arrives, by which time it's all far too late. If candidate and firm were a lot more honest during the process I imagine far fewer moves would take place, but maybe more of them would succeed! I suspect the answer, as with many things, lies somewhere in the middle...

7-Mar-2012

4:31 pm