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however many times companies are seeking to promote the idea of internal promotion even if the candidates are not qualified for the position.\u00a0\u00a0Needless to say, our candidate was frustrated and thought the clients hiring process was ludicrous.\u00a0\u00a0Acting out of her emotional state, she informed the hiring manager she was no longer interested in the position with a few extra \u2018choice\u2019 words via email.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the hiring manager stated they were going to hire our candidate prior to the email but simply needed more time.\u00a0\u00a0Overall, this was an unfortunate scenario; both sides would have benefited if they practiced a little more thoughtfulness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When clients locate the perfect candidate, time is of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Thoughtfulness &amp; 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