HRM200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fide

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM200
• Professor: Katrina Di Gravio

Document Summary

You are the hr manager in a small advertising firm, and as such, you are on the hiring committee for all positions in the company. You have sat in on some great interviews and you have seen some absolutely terrible interviews. You have had to write emails and make phone calls letting people know that they were not the chosen applicant. Sometimes, applicants want to know why they didn"t get the job. Some will strongly recommend that you provide those individuals not selected for a position with as little feedback as possible and should rarely, if ever, discuss the underlying reasons for the firm"s decision. There are several sound arguments to support this viewpoint. It is frequently awkward, if not tactically impossible, to tell the applicant the real reason for his or her rejection. Trying to provide honest feedback may lead to a time-consuming argument that you, as the individual relaying the message, cannot win.