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    'I can't stand it when…': Recruiters share their pet peeves

    Want to avoid being a recruiter’s worst nightmare in an interview and thereafter? Read on.

    By Kelli Rogers // 20 May 2014
    Leave your attitude at the door and offer expanded, thoughtful answers to interview questions. These are just two suggestions from several recruiters who shared their pet peeves at Devex’s Career Forum in Washington this year. “When you’re trying to pull information out of someone, it makes your job a lot harder,” said Dwight Hahn, recruitment specialist with the QED Group. And complaining about a lengthy resume uploading process won’t get you very far with Bucky Fairfax, vice president and senior HR business partner for RTI International, who spoke for all recruiters when he said that recruiters need a “streamlined, effective” system to fairly assess the many applicants they review. Watch this video to find more pet peeves from global development recruiters, including what Pablo Paldao, senior recruiter for DAI, says no one does anymore but absolutely should: Check out more career advice stories online, and subscribe to Doing Good to receive top international development career and recruitment news.

    Leave your attitude at the door and offer expanded, thoughtful answers to interview questions. These are just two suggestions from several recruiters who shared their pet peeves at Devex’s Career Forum in Washington this year.

    “When you’re trying to pull information out of someone, it makes your job a lot harder,” said Dwight Hahn, recruitment specialist with the QED Group.

    And complaining about a lengthy resume uploading process won’t get you very far with Bucky Fairfax, vice president and senior HR business partner for RTI International, who spoke for all recruiters when he said that recruiters need a “streamlined, effective” system to fairly assess the many applicants they review.

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    • Kelli Rogers

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      Kelli Rogers has worked as an Associate Editor and Southeast Asia Correspondent for Devex, with a particular focus on gender. Prior to that, she reported on social and environmental issues from Nairobi, Kenya. Kelli holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, and has reported from more than 20 countries.

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