Play a little hard to get on job interviews

Play a little hard to get on job interviews WHEN YOU GET ASKED IN A RED WHY YOU LOOKING TO LEAVE YOUR RED CURRENT JOB? I WANT YOU RED TO TELL THEM, I'M NOT. BECAUSE HERE'S THE THING ABOUT INTERVIEWING FOR A JOB. THEY DON'T KNOW RED ANYTHING ABOUT YOU. THEY DON'T KNOW THE JOB YOU'RE IN IS TERRIBLE. THEY DON'T EVEN NEED TO KNOW IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST OR 50TH JOB INTERVIEW THIS WEEK. SO I WANT YOU TO SAY I'M NOT ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR A NEW JOB. THINGS ARE PRETTY GOOD RED WHERE I AM NOW. BUT I CAME ACROSS THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND IT SEEMED PRETTY INTERESTING AND, LIKE, A GREAT ALIGNMENT FOR WHAT I DO. JUST A REMINDER THAT I'M AN ACTIVE DIRECTOR OF RECRUITING WHO STILL HIRES AND INTERVIEWS PEOPLE AND IF GETTING ADVICE FROM SOMEBODY AND UNDERSTANDS THIS JOB MARKET IS YOU SHOULD BE FOLLOWING ME. I WANTED TO APPLY FOR AN IT SEEMED LIKE IT COULD BE A GREAT FIT. NEXT STEP AND LEARN ABOUT IF IT REALLY IS. THIS ISN'T TELLING THEM YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THE JOB. THIS ISN'T TELLING THEM THAT YOU ARE WASTING THEIR TIME. THIS IS TELLING THEM YOU CARE ABOUT WHERE YOU WORK AND YOU DON'T WANNA MAKE A HASTY DECISION. GOOD MANAGERS LIKE THAT. GOOD MANAGERS WANT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT JOB FOR THEM, NOT JUST ANY JOB. AND, YES, THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T HIRE. IF YOU SAY THIS, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WHO MAKE HIRING DECISIONS REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU SAY. GETTING A JOB IS REALLY HARD RIGHT NOW AND THERE IS A LOT OF COMPETITION AND THE WORST THING YOU CAN BE DOING IS PLAYING AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND NOT BEING REMEMBERED BY THE HIRING MANAGER. THIS IS ADVICE FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO GET A GREAT JOB IN A BAD JOB MARKET AND HAVING TROUBLE STANDING OUT WHEN THEY USED TO NOT STRUGGLE WITH THAT. THE FACT THAT THIS WON'T MAKE EVERYONE HIRE YOU IS A FEATURE, NOT A FLAW.