Size-Up a Potential Employer
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by Therese Droste
You finally found the right job. Or so you thought. Now that you have been on the scene for two weeks, you notice how people treat you. Your boss consistently calls meetings during lunchtime -- sans food. Yesterday, you received a proposal at 4:45 p.m. to type up by 9 a.m. the following day. And although the company is teeming with people burning the midnight oil, there is little joyful interaction among employees.
How could you have known? By reading the signs before you jumped on board. In their zeal to land a new job, many job hunters overlook the elephant sitting in the room during interviews. Yet the evidence is all there -- how you are treated during the interviewing process is a key indicator of how you will be treated on the job.
