mordant wit

I promised a real life example of someone who wins a “gold star” for dealing with deadlines and offers from competing companies, and here he is: Mark Bolin.

I recently hired Mark into a position for MSN Search Multimedia team, however it could easily have not happened if Mark had not helped steer the recruiting process in some subtle and effective ways. Mark’s candidacy started out like most others: he sent his information to an MSN jobs alias he found on the internet and included a well written resume and short cover letter in the body of the email. I replied with a little information about a job and asked him if he would complete a coding exercise via email. He agreed, completed it, and sent it back.

Then I neglected him. I did not reply. I was busy. I was like all those other recruiters who don’t respond.