False dichotomies in recruiting
by xinit • 1/25/2009 • work • 0 Comments
I was responding to a position with a recruiter that uses a short submission form, but they have a “culture fit” survey that they require for this specific company they’re recruiting for. I can choose either “I want to be paid well” or “I have integrity”.
So, if I have integrity, that means I want to be paid poorly, or that if I want to be well paid I lack integrity? This isn’t lady or the tiger, this is LION or the tiger.
This question pops up, and the only correct answer I can see is #3; Neutral.
Of the companies described below, I would prefer to work for a:
- Strongly prefer “Company that compensates employees significantly above market rate”
- Prefer “Company that compensates employees significantly above market rate”
- Somewhat prefer “Company that compensates employees significantly above market rate”
- Neutral
- Somewhat prefer “Company whose top cultural attribute is honesty and integrity”
- Prefer “Company whose top cultural attribute is honesty and integrity”
- Strongly prefer “Company whose top cultural attribute is honesty and integrity”
