A recruiter recently announced an employment opportunity but it came with a test. Candidates would have to write a business plan they would implement in their first year with the company. The request was to “be innovative with your thinking!”
The recruiter insisted candidates needed to “wow!” this company. With the realization of the competitive nature for open executive positions, as one reads daily in the pages of the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, the candidates would have to take a chance or forget about any chance at all. The recruiter would not address who owned the intellectual property. The only answer was, “what’s that?” and “don’t worry! …
