When Candidate Makes Execuses - Hiring Thru Consultants !

Dear Sujata,
A candidate needs to be totally secure about the new job prior to resigning. The normal trend is to provide a hard copy of the offer letter/LOI/Appointment Letter. In some cases where the candidate is from outstation, emails are resorted to provided it is mutually accepted. So, if the intentions are honourable I see no reason as to why the hard copy cannot be provided to the candidate. There are instances wherein branded companies have backtracked on offers.
I suggest you contact the client and explain the needs of the candidate. In any case the entire process would have already caused a small wrinkle in the trust levels between the client and the candidate, which the HR dept would have to iron out.
I understand it must have been extremely frustating for you.
regards
Ajay

Sujata

we all have been talkin gover several options.

I am a consultant myself and one of the things that I have done in past in situations like this is

Organise a meeting of the client with candidate in presence of consultant asking them to thrash out the issues then and there. As consultant one needs to be fair on both the sides. If both are serious, it will come to a logical end if one of them is not at least the line of action will be clear not to work further on the candidate and that particular chapter ends.

Ofcourse among other things clarify with candidate that if client gives you letter are you willing to join on the mutually agreed date and sign on dotted line...at the same time ask the client that he is willing to sign on dotted line and commit a date if he has a hard copy offer..the same can be done on the day of the meeting itself signed and completed...if not atleast you know you have to move on.

This has worked for me in the past. You can involve your senior into this asking him to initiate such a meeting.

rgds

Yogesh Pahuja

HI,
You need to check with the candidate whether he has in reality received offer or not. In case he has, you need to engage him into a dialogue and impress upon him that in this era of , most of the companies send offer letter/even appointment contracts through email.
I feel in this case, candidate has second thoughts and he might be reluctant to join the new company.
You really need to engage him into a meaningful dialogue and resolve the issue.
Once you are clear about the intention of the candidate, then it would be easier for you to deal with the parties
With regards
Daleep K Parimoo

hello there,
further to this, if the Client delays in processing the Hardcopy (that is if they agree to provide the hardcopy and send to prospective candidate)
it would be beneficial to the candidate to delay his date/day of joining.
It is better that the decision be taken prompt and quick , time is highly vitla here.
rgds
vennpuru

Hi All
Thanks for your quick response. I am highly obliged to all of you for helping me on this.
Good news is Candidate has received a hard copy of offer letter today in the morning :D
You all were right. Candidate has to get hard copy of offer letter.
Let c if he joins on agreed date.
Cheers
Sujata

Dear Sujata,
I think the client should behave professionally and give him the hard copy of the letter duly signed if they really want to recruit the candidate.
Candidate is right in his way as without getting something on a paper form the prospective employer, he cannot leave his current job.
You will have to act tactfully with the client and have to sort it out.
Regards,
Khyati

HI Khayatri
Thanks for your response. As I mentioned in my earlier mail the client has sent a hard copy of offer letter and the candidate has got it.
Regards
Sujata

Dear Sujata,
Its nice to know that our suggestion has fortified your resolve. Please do keep us posted on how this situation turns out as we can also learn from your experience.
Its not enough to just give advise, but to be truly wise, learn from the success or failure of the advise given.
Regards,
Samba.

Hi Sambha
It is when I discussed this thing with their HR. I requested her to release Hard Copy of profile as candidate has bit hitch on offer letter by mail. She accepted my request and did so.
Regards
Sujata

Hi Sujata,
The candidate is right and the client is in a hickey-tricky. Once client
selected the talent, by that time it self he must have know that from which date the requirement exactly starts from. Apart from that he can
raise an offer letter in BOTH WAYS. Candidate is right in skill and attitude also. If client make any tricks in hard copy both candidate and your self will be the suffers, major is candidate after resignation.
If your client is guanine and he really wants to hire the talent, he has to give the offer letter in hard copy to you OR candidate duly giving time as
specified earlier by the candidate OR atleast 2 weeks. Then there will be
no issues to you, candidate and client.
Regards,
Kayvee