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How Long a Job’s Open Before You Think There’s Something Wrong With it

by Todd Raphael (ere.net)

If you’ve ever shopped for a house, you know that after a certain number of days on the market, you start to wonder, “What’s wrong with this house?”

Something like that goes on with jobs. After a certain point, some folks ask themselves, “why hasn’t this job been filled?”

That point is somewhere around 72 days.

Randstad asked 2,000 people, “How many working days does a vacancy for a permanent job have to be open before it starts to look like a bad job that no one wants?”

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How to Ask Why You Didn't Get The Job

By Suzanne Lucas (MoneyWatch-cbsnews.com)

Dear Evil HR Lady,
Is it considered poor taste to call an interviewer to ask why you weren’t selected for a job?
That depends entirely on how you do it.

Here’s an example of an « in poor taste » call:

Candidate: Could you tell me why you didn’t hire me? Because I’m awesome, and I can’t figure out why you guys were so stupid as to not hire me. I mean, do you like a mediocre work force? Because that can be the only reason why you didn’t hire me.

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