Instead of sleeping last night I was mulling over the post I wrote yesterday about leveraging customer interactions. I then remembered an exchange I had last week around the current Brainpark job posting. I alluded to someone on twitter that they should apply. They direct messaged me saying they’d interviewed with us over a year ago and hadn’t heard back.

So after whining about chacos leaving me hanging for three days over something as trivial as a broken flip flop, I call bullshit on myself for leaving someone hanging about something as important as finding a place to work.

It’s easy to think of experiences I’ve had interviewing over the years and think “well that’s the reality of job hunting”. That’s garbage and it’s an example of a wasted opportunity. While every company can leave people hanging and take their damn time responding to people looking for jobs, it’s a terrible experience on the other side. As well, everyone who sets foot in your office immediately becomes a spokesperson, marketer, recruiter, etc for your company. Regardless what their experience with you is, they’re going to talk about it.

Ask yourself, what will that person you didn’t choose to hire say about your company? Will they tell their friends to apply or warn them to stay the hell away?

So, if you’ve interviewed with Brainpark in the past and we left you hanging, I personally apologize. It won’t happen again.

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