As the recession keeps its stranglehold over Britain, it’s not just customers who like a free deal. Employers want their freebies too and in a desperate attempt to get it in desperate times, their resort to dishonest tactics.
It is more and more common for employers to ask applicants to produce a short presentation during their interview. If the presentation is about the company itself, then there is nothing suspicious. But if the company is asking applicants to produce a presentation on the very work they do for a client, then maybe you should start asking who benefits more from this. Especially if the employer goes underground afterwards and never gets back to any applicants or suddenly decides that it no longer needs to hire anyone.
Is it because the so-called employer had 10 different presentations full of ideas from hopeful would-be employees and it found it had suddenly plenty of material to work with for that client?
Even before the recession, employers were in the habit of not replying to applications, unless they wanted to invite someone for an interview. But they used to get in touch with the interviewees afterwards to let them know whether they were successful or not. Times have changed.
Nowadays many don’t even bother contacting interviewees if they are not going to hire them. Bolder ones ask for a presentation and original ideas on the very work they do and for clients who pay them. If they are in a creative industry, they get free ideas; why hire someone then? Next time they don’t know how to go about their own business, they will do it again and call for a new round of presentations under the excuse of recruiting.
Watch out for those who fake it, guys!
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