Here’s a true recruiting story….A candidate came to my attention via one of my colleagues on a Tuesday. I saw his resume and knew immediately that he was a perfect candidate for one of my clients. He looked great “on paper” and I was really excited to meet him to see how he was in person as there’s never a sure match between the resume and the actual person.

I asked him to come see me as quickly as possible and fortunately he was available the next day. We met on Wednesday, and he exceeded my expectations. He was truly excellent with strong qualifications, a track record of achievement, a positive results-oriented attitude, and he was seeking a challenging new position. Perfect.

Fortunately, he was interested in the specific company I am recruiting for and agreed to be put forward to them. Within 15 minutes of sending over the resume, the CEO called me and said “I want to meet him. Tomorrow.” Unfortunately he wasn’t available on Thursday, but he was on Friday.

On Friday, the candidate met the CEO and three others at the company. The CEO called in the afternoon and said “We want to hire him.”

At first I thought to myself “Great!”, but then the concerns started rolling in…is everything moving too fast? Isn’t this like asking someone to marry you after the first date? What his he going to think about all this? (To be continued…..)