I don’t disagree about “the nature of the game” but it is not that case. There was no “selling yourself short” in that specific situation - it was the HR screw up, one of the many.
What i can’t stand is this, for the lack of the better word, gamification of recruitment process when the company makes up some imaginary assessments and bases their decision-making on that instead sticking to tangible facts. And i’m not making assumptions. i had to clean that mess afterwards.
The company’s lack of transparency regarding these things cost them quite a lot. It is specific situation when an impression took precedence over facts for no good reason and it also happened to be discriminatory towards women at the same time.
i can also go on and on how they wasted much of that middle talent by giving them zero upwards mobility with no real career development plan while also demonstrably hiring senior staff externally because “there were no worthy contenders in the company” type of shit. As a result, they rendered themselves into a feeder for other companies in the field with some insane turnover rates but hey - they had 10-year recruitment and human resources professionals with the “legacy of success” leading the charge.
I don’t disagree about “the nature of the game” but it is not that case. There was no “selling yourself short” in that specific situation - it was the HR screw up, one of the many.
What i can’t stand is this, for the lack of the better word, gamification of recruitment process when the company makes up some imaginary assessments and bases their decision-making on that instead sticking to tangible facts. And i’m not making assumptions. i had to clean that mess afterwards.
The company’s lack of transparency regarding these things cost them quite a lot. It is specific situation when an impression took precedence over facts for no good reason and it also happened to be discriminatory towards women at the same time.
i can also go on and on how they wasted much of that middle talent by giving them zero upwards mobility with no real career development plan while also demonstrably hiring senior staff externally because “there were no worthy contenders in the company” type of shit. As a result, they rendered themselves into a feeder for other companies in the field with some insane turnover rates but hey - they had 10-year recruitment and human resources professionals with the “legacy of success” leading the charge.