Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Confidential job offerings - would you work for this company?

I always wonder what is going on at the company that posts a confidential job opening. Would you ever consider working for a company that continues to let an employee execute their job responsibilities while it searches for their replacement? What does it say about the company?
I think the following:
1. They have no formal coaching and evaluation system in place.
2. They have trouble evaluating candidates.
3. They have no depth or career succession plan in place.

1 comment:

Lehigh Valley Transplant said...

I've thought more about this recently, and maybe one reason companies are using confidential job postings is that they don't have the infrastructure to handle the inevitable slew of e-mails, phone calls and visits from persistent applicants.