Treating Candidates Like Supplicants, and 9 Other Recruiting Mistakes

By Dennis M. Barden. Top 10 missteps that backfire on administrative search committees.
As search consultants, my colleagues and I regularly observe candidates doing counterproductive things during a preliminary (yes, I mean "airport") interview, in the mistaken belief that they are scoring points with the hiring committee. But search committee have their own set of gaffes.
Last week's column focused on the 10 most common missteps made by would-be presidents, provosts, and deans. In the spirit of turnabout being fair play—and with continuing props to David Letterman as master of the form—I offer here the top 10 things that search-committee members do (or don't do) in interviews that backfire.  
10. Don't understand the job. Ironically, this happens all the time. Read more...