August 18th, 2006
i won’t do your job for you
Mr. Angst just received an email from an HR person asking him to forward his resume.
She also asked him to include a list of all prior compensation packages he’s ever received. AND his current compensation package requirements.
Can you say effing lazy? Lazy, lazy, lazy HR person.
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Not lazy… Most of the time, information like that has to come from the candidate, because former employers *won’t* give it out. The HR person doesn’t have any other way of getting it. In fact, in some places, they can’t legally give it out. I suppose the HR person could use industry averages… but if Mr. Angst is above average (as I suspect he is) it’s definitely to his benefit to provide them with info about what *he* is really worth, not what some average ding-bat is worth….
Oh, I know, Dave. I totally respect that HR people often have no one else to ask but the prospective employee. But this isn’t Mr. Angst out looking for a job change–she got his name from his graduate school. So any prior compensation packages (i.e., before advanced degree) won’t really be worth much for comparative value. Plus, the *way* she asked for it…the language was really obnoxious.