More from my interview with Jay Lipe ...
What are some qualities you find to be turn-offs for marketing candidates you're trying to place?
There are essentially two kinds of mistakes: Mistakes of the head, and mistakes of the heart.
- Mistakes of the head are silly, unintended blunders like spilling marinara sauce on your shirt at lunch.
- Mistakes of the heart are meant to deceive oneself and others. Lying on a resume is a very common example.
If a candidate makes a mistake of the head in the interview process, it can be overcome. In fact, sometimes it humanizes and endears the candidate to the client. I've seen it happen. However, if it comes out during the process that the candidate is a prideful, greedy, envious, wrathful, lustful, gluttonous, or slothful person, then forget it. Moreover, the candidate has bigger problems than my not being able to help him get a job.
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