It’s Friday – so let’s have a little fun! Today’s challenge:
Tell us about the craziest thing you’ve done to either win new business or close a deal. This could include things that helped you get a candidate to an interview, get an offer to close, get in front of a new client, etc.
Here are a couple of examples:
Julia Stone – President, BizWerks: Julia once took a candidate to the dry cleaner and made him strip out of his wrinkled clothes to have them pressed before going to an interview.
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Paul DeBettignies – Managing Partner, Nerd Search, LLC: One of Paul’s candidates had a babysitter lined up to look after his three young children while he went on an interview. The babysitter no-call-no-showed, so Paul played babysitter while the candidate went on his interview. (as a plus, the candidate is going on a second interview)
Share your crazy story in the comments below. Who will have the most outrageous tale to tell?
Back in the early 90’s, I had a candidate who had relocated to the DC area from California and was taking a large paycut because his wife had gotten a job here. He had recently earned his MBA and was firm that he wouldn’t accept anything below a 40K base. His offer came in at $39,500 so I wrote him a check for $100.
Now, over a decade later, that $100 really paid off; he has hired more than 30 people from me in his career spanning several companies.