{"id":421,"date":"2008-04-15T10:29:32","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T15:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/work\/when-it-comes-to-relocating-men-need-a-pacifier.html"},"modified":"2008-04-15T10:29:32","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T15:29:32","slug":"when-it-comes-to-relocating-men-need-a-pacifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/work\/when-it-comes-to-relocating-men-need-a-pacifier.html","title":{"rendered":"When it Comes to Relocating, Men Need a Pacifier"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least that’s what I take away from Lauren’s latest post in Wired and Hired<\/a>. When comparing her female candidate interactions with male counterparts, Lauren<\/a> had this to say.<\/p>\n

\nUnexpectedly, I find men are more difficult to deal with when it comes to the prospect of leaving their \u201chomeland\u201d…I have a male candidate telling me he can\u2019t move because he needs to be around people who understand him and that he can\u2019t go anywhere where he doesn\u2019t have friends.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not actually surprised that this is what she finds as a recruiter. I’ve seen plenty of guys who cling to friends as their source of identity and comfort. Similarly, with wanting to be near your family, hometown, favorite sports team – whatever, men often struggle with leaving the comfort zone to get ahead.<\/p>\n

Lauren’s got some harsh words for us more sensitive types. Get a load of this riff:<\/p>\n

\n…I don\u2019t even want to send you to my agencies at this point because I get the feeling you are going to try and make them have cry circles after work where you discuss your feelings. Weird. You should have known when you got into this business that it would require moving at some point. However, don\u2019t call me telling me you really want a job, anywhere, and then when the client is interested start pouting and giving me your stream of consciousness over the phone about all of your insecurities. I do not specialize in breathing exercises and co-dependency management. What I do specialize in is getting you a job that translates to a promotion and more money…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow Lauren! When it comes to being a recruiter, if you have to read a guy’s ‘feelings journal’ and get them to leave it on the night stand before an interview, you should do it. Good luck finding candidates that need no counsel when making a job change. <\/p>\n

To the male job seeking masses, the tough love should be a point well taken. We are competing against strong candidates who will do whatever it takes to get ahead. So, take off your diapers and stop your whimpering when it comes to moving. If you’ve made the decision to change your life to get a new job, what’s the big deal about changing your location?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At least that’s what I take away from Lauren’s latest post in Wired and Hired. When comparing her female candidate interactions with male counterparts, Lauren had this to say. Unexpectedly, I find men are more difficult to deal with when it comes to the prospect of leaving their \u201chomeland\u201d…I have a male candidate telling me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-work","category-staffing-firm-blogs-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krisrzepkowski.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}