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Publication: Physician Executive
Publication Date: 01-MAR-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Picky Job Candidate May Not Really Want New Post

* Dear Coach,

I'm the board chair for a group of not-for-profit clinics that serve community and ethnic groups in our area. We've been searching for a new CEO and have come up with a guy who, on paper at least, seems perfect. The problem is that as we negotiate his employment contract he keeps coming up with an amazing number of nit-picky problems. This has been going on for eight weeks, involving everything from the nature of his cell-phone benefit to the kind of furniture in his office. The latest glitch is that he doesn't want to sell his house or move his family to our area until his middle son graduates from high school (about 20 months). Any thoughts?

A Chafing Chair

* Dear Chair,

Yes, don't hire him. I've seen this several times before and each time it's meant the same thing. Either this guy doesn't really want to come work for you...

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