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Your last impression is as important as your first
Reason 3784 why recruiter feedback is garbage: lack of preparation.
This isn’t a dunk. It’s a teaching moment. Recruiters (like all humans) get buried in their work. Task to task. Sprinting through the day. Autopilot is real.
👉The last impression is as important as the first.
Telling people they’re not getting a job coupled with inaccurate feedback rubs people the wrong way. Duh.
Like not understanding the hiring manager’s reasoning but communicating it anyway. Or *gasp* confusing candidates with each other when you’re working at capacity.
Yes. These things happen. They blow up reputation and relationships.
Before every rejection call:
👉Have the applicant’s full resume and LinkedIn profile in front of you. Make sure you know exactly who you’re talking to.
👉Review the interview rejection notes. Make sure you understand it well enough to explain it in your own words.
👉If you don’t understand it, ask the hiring manager to explain it to you.
If a candidate gets deep in the process, they’ve put a lot of work in researching you. Make sure you do the same.
Partner at Hirewell. #3 Ranked Sarcastic Commenter on LinkedIn.
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Repeat after me: do not talk politics at work. Or on LinkedIn.
Or in job interviews. Or on first dates. Or at Thanksgiving dinner.
Unfortunately for those of us in the business world, 2025 ruined it. There’s just no way around the fact that tariffs are the issue driving the business climate right now. Every client, candidate, and partner is asking about it—or struggling because of it.
So maybe, just maybe, talking policy isn’t just okay—it’s necessary. Dare I say, productive.
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