Spelling mistakes and orange juice stains on your application, offering bribes, bringing your recruiter to the interview (and getting him to ask the questions) – some job seekers really don't seem to get it when it comes to making a good impression, according to a new study.
A survey by California recruitment agency OfficeTeam also reported that some desperate candidates even showed up for work when they hadn't been chosen for a job – evidently hoping to slip in unnoticed and be discovered only years later.
The most common blunders, said OfficeTeam, were not researching the company, over- or underselling your skills, complaining about former bosses and treating clerical staff poorly.
Other common howlers included talking too much or too little in the interview, failing to return calls or following up the recruitment process too frequently.
Renee Warning, a human resources professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, told the Daily Oklahoman newspaper that getting the etiquette right is a crucial part of getting that foot in the door.
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