The strong job market seems to be causing some people to forget some basic common courtesies. A recent Money.com article, The Job Market is so Good, Candidates Aren’t Even Showing Up for Interviews by Kathryn Vasel, addresses this very issue. She explores this notion that since the job market is so strong, job candidates are feeling emboldened to trash certain norms, such as showing up for a scheduled interview, and in one case a candidate was flown out at the company’s expense and didn’t bother to show up. And in other instances, new hires are forgoing their first day of work, presumably having taking a different position, while neglecting to tell the first company that hired them.

It takes only three words to address this – THIS IS WRONG!

It does not matter how strong the job market is, this kind of laissez-faire approach to your job search is inexcusable. Manners, while some may believe them to be old fashion, are still quite important. If a company is interested in you and offers you an opportunity to interview, then go or cancel, but to ghost them deeply damages your reputation. If you accepted a plane ticket to attend an interview and don’t show, the company could take you to small claims court to be reimbursed for their expense. Let’s look at it a different way, if you were getting married and offered to pay for your attendants’ flights and then one of your attendants blew you off to sight see or hang with other friends, you would likely never forget it. Well, the same is likely true for a company when they pay for a flight and the candidate doesn’t bother to show up.

我已经说过很多次了，你所拥有的只是你的个人声誉，当你放弃一次面试，把它冲进马桶时，你只会伤害你自己。你永远不知道B公司的招聘经理什么时候会被你现在的公司聘用，或者成为你真正想要的工作的招聘经理。在这种情况下，无论就业市场多么强劲，如果你是唯一的求职者，招聘经理都不会雇佣你——他们也不应该雇佣你。你不关心他们的时间和公司的时间，这在很大程度上说明了你是一个什么样的人，你将成为什么样的员工。如果你在开始一个职位之前都不关心一家公司或它的员工，那么一旦你开始工作，你为什么还要关心他们呢？

诸如出席面试、说声谢谢、为同事（无论男女）扶门等常见的礼节可能看起来过时了，但我保证它们不会过时，因为这些都表现了对另一个人以及组成公司的一群人的尊重。

如果你正在寻找一份新工作，请带着骄傲、自信和尊重去做。对待每一份工作，就好像它是你梦寐以求的工作。当你知道不是这样的时候，你可以这样说：“谢谢你，但我已经决定换一个不同的职位，或者追求其他的选择。”

虽然招聘经理可能会失望，尤其是如果你是他们的首选，但他们会尊重你，感激你选择了不同的道路。

最好的，