Missed Job Interview due to illness, HELP!

Sambucus_Nigra

mildred1978 wrote: »

Which bit is bad practice (in your opinion)? I see no issue whatsoever.

If internal people apply for a job, and you feel they warrant an interview then it's surely good practice to interview 'known quantities'?

Plus it's good for morale to feedback and encourage people to better themselves and try to move up the ladder.

mildred1978

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

If internal people apply for a job, and you feel they warrant an interview then it's surely good practice to interview 'known quantities'?

Plus it's good for morale to feedback and encourage people to better themselves and try to move up the ladder.

Depends entirely on the circumstances. In my previous role I had to get panel members to travel more than 200 miles to interview (we're talking very specialist/senior roles here). Finding another date when everybody was available would have been near impossible within 6-8 weeks, plus then we'd have additional cash costs of £700+ plus however much of their time at £40per hour.

Worth doing to interview 5 candidates, less so for 1. That was public sector and I wouldn't have done it. I can't see any private sector company being up for it either.

keyser666

mildred1978 wrote: »

Depends entirely on the circumstances. In my previous role I had to get panel members to travel more than 200 miles to interview (we're talking very specialist/senior roles here). Finding another date when everybody was available would have been near impossible within 6-8 weeks, plus then we'd have additional cash costs of £700+ plus however much of their time at £40per hour.

Worth doing to interview 5 candidates, less so for 1. That was public sector and I wouldn't have done it. I can't see any private sector company being up for it either.

I think a lot of companies nowadays go for interviews in these situations via a peer to peer solution. I know the last two government roles I did have embraced it.

mildred1978

keyser666 wrote: »

I think a lot of companies nowadays go for interviews in these situations via a peer to peer solution. I know the last two government roles I did have embraced it.

Leaves you open to claims of nepotism. Not clever IMO.

jazabelle

Ugh, I hate it when people claim flu when it's a cold. The flu test - the wind blows £20 against your window, can you get up and get it? Yes, it's a cold. If no, it's the flu.

Colds suck, you feel awful. Why do people always have to make it the flu (a severe illness that is not a cough/general illness.) And the doctor who said it was is just as bad. And as someone with both asthma and a compromised immune system from multiple chronic illnesses, I do NOT appreciate those at work that have made me horribly ill from going into work with their germs. I do understand not having sick pay and dragging yourself in, but if it was flu, you couldn't have. End of.

OP - so sorry there isn't much you could do. The only thing I'd do is when your husband returns contact the relevant people and say you were so sorry to have missed the interview, but you had the flu so it was unavoidable, but you hope they understand and would really appreciate the opportunity to reschedule the interview because of blah, blah, blah.

Cherry_Bomb

I'm a healthy 26 year old who was hospitalised for 8 days back in Easter because I had the flu. Since then whenever I hear someone describe their cold as a flu I could punch them

Sorry to your husband OP. Even though it may not sound right what they've done the fact he had 3 days off sick wasn't exactly going to make him shine anyway. I'm not saying he wasn't ill but you know what it's like going for a job. Your absence record has to be whiter than white

LittleVoice

mildred1978 wrote: »

Leaves you open to claims of nepotism. Not clever IMO.

Can you explain, please?

mildred1978

LittleVoice wrote: »

Can you explain, please?

Well, in the public sector generally, staff will pick the candidate that they think will make life easiest for them, not necessarily the best person for the job.

I'm in favour of using 360 degree feedback, but in the scenarios I'm thinking of the 'nicest' person would have got the job, rather than the best for the organisation and Ministers.

keyser666

mildred1978 wrote: »

Leaves you open to claims of nepotism. Not clever IMO.

How does it? Oops sorry already replied

Zekko

The flu is a lot more serious than a common cold. With a cold, the symptoms are centered around the nose and throat. But the flu tends to make the whole body ache.

The symptoms of a cold include a runny or blocked nose, sneezing, minor throat irritation, mild fever, sore throat, a feeling that your ears are blocked, coloured mucus or nasal discharge.

Symptoms of influenza usually start suddenly with a high fever and you may feel sick enough to go to bed. Other symptoms include, irritation in the throat or lungs, a dry cough, high fever, hallucinations, shivering, sweating and severe muscle aches.