I really like this approach you have suggested which is more aligned with how a Career Coach or Counsellor works with a client. It is so important that we actually work with our candidates and listen to their needs and coach them to make the right choice when assessing job opportunities. I often think the decision of what job to take is taken too lightly by some in the industry when you consider how important work is, how much time we spend at work and how much it defines us.

Another tool I have found is very beneficial to help put things in perspective for candidates is to go through their values and have them rate these in importance, somewaht similar to your exercise it really helps put things in perspective.

Having a consultative approach such as what you have suggested it great. I look forward to seeing many more tools and approaches like these being incorporated into the recruitment process and would love to see more consultants with training in this approach.

Warm regards
Kelly

I find this an excellent and updated approach towards gaining a more defined insight of the candidate´s ambitions that are usually being placed at the first stages of the recruiting process (first or second interview). It is very true that we (recruiters) usually tend to assume a ranking when interviewing our candidates according to what they say, imply, in their discourse. However, this new procedure could ensure more specific and thourogh data about the candidate (avoiding any other assumptions we could generate the other way). As an HR Professional with main focus on recruiting, I really enjoy your articles. I find your approach realistic (it´s sometimes hard to find ideas that are possible to implement in the workplace) + forward thinking (as Einstein said: if we want things to be different we shouldn´t be doing the same things over and over again)!

Best regards,

Agostina