Comments on: The Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon and Your Job Search http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-foot-in-the-door-phenomenon-and-your-job-search/ Mon, 21 May 2012 19:27:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Carl Mueller http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-foot-in-the-door-phenomenon-and-your-job-search/#comment-18403 Carl Mueller Fri, 22 Apr 2011 04:16:56 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=2616#comment-18403 Hi Harrison I have to say that this foot in the door post and your assessment of the this fact is spot on. I like how you mentioned other examples outside work where companies for example try to get their foot in the door with the free sample example. In essense I think we go through what we think is a logical proess when hiring i.e. we try to find the best candidate based on experience, skills, education, etc and for the most part that might be true. But we don't all good good on paper and that doesn't mean we aren't good in person. Similarly doing well in the interview really only means that you did well in the interview and doesn't always translate to doing well in the actual job. Carl Hi Harrison

I have to say that this foot in the door post and your assessment of the this fact is spot on. I like how you mentioned other examples outside work where companies for example try to get their foot in the door with the free sample example. In essense I think we go through what we think is a logical proess when hiring i.e. we try to find the best candidate based on experience, skills, education, etc and for the most part that might be true. But we don’t all good good on paper and that doesn’t mean we aren’t good in person. Similarly doing well in the interview really only means that you did well in the interview and doesn’t always translate to doing well in the actual job.

Carl

]]> By: theresa http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-foot-in-the-door-phenomenon-and-your-job-search/#comment-18395 theresa Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:27:51 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=2616#comment-18395 When i tried to read the rest of this article, the pop up ad asked me to sign up for a free 72 hour subscription of your service. Really? employers advertise for free, and out of work lawyers pay. i just got off a large scale "project" where dozens of attorneys worked for a fraction of what the agencies billed out, and god knows what the client will seek for the same services in settlement or after trial. how about the employer pays? or the job seeker pays, IF you are able to get them a job. Its gritty out here. Why not try and elevate the profession at the same time you are fattening your wallet? When i tried to read the rest of this article, the pop up ad asked me to sign up for a free 72 hour subscription of your service. Really? employers advertise for free, and out of work lawyers pay. i just got off a large scale “project” where dozens of attorneys worked for a fraction of what the agencies billed out, and god knows what the client will seek for the same services in settlement or after trial. how about the employer pays? or the job seeker pays, IF you are able to get them a job. Its gritty out here. Why not try and elevate the profession at the same time you are fattening your wallet?

]]> By: The Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon « The Psychology of Business http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-foot-in-the-door-phenomenon-and-your-job-search/#comment-17157 The Foot-in-the-Door Phenomenon « The Psychology of Business Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:28:05 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=2616#comment-17157 [...] is an article with more examples of the phenomenon. Please feel free to comment on this post. Any feedback is [...] [...] is an article with more examples of the phenomenon. Please feel free to comment on this post. Any feedback is [...]

]]> By: ashish http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-foot-in-the-door-phenomenon-and-your-job-search/#comment-7353 ashish Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:41:34 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=2616#comment-7353 hi, well foot-in-the-door tactic is something happens everyday in front of us and still new. it is amazingly simple and successful. thanks for providing this new vision. I will try it soon. everyone is using it then why not me? hi, well foot-in-the-door tactic is something happens everyday in front of us and still new. it is amazingly simple and successful. thanks for providing this new vision. I will try it soon. everyone is using it then why not me?

]]> By: Donald25 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-foot-in-the-door-phenomenon-and-your-job-search/#comment-7352 Donald25 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:45:42 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=2616#comment-7352 I agree with Harrison Barnes' that one will achieve greater things in life if he gets his foot in the door. Although some may disagree especially with paragraph 3, where David forged the fact that he finished college, one should look at the importance of getting one's foot in the the door... the importance of making employers open their doors for you to 'get in.' You start small, yes. But if you work hard, you'll soon end up BIG. --donald25 (donald25_odilao@yahoo.com) I agree with Harrison Barnes’ that one will achieve greater things in life if he gets his foot in the door.

Although some may disagree especially with paragraph 3, where David forged the fact that he finished college, one should look at the importance of getting one’s foot in the the door… the importance of making employers open their doors for you to ‘get in.’ You start small, yes. But if you work hard, you’ll soon end up BIG.

–donald25 (donald25_odilao@yahoo.com)

]]> By: Gonzalo http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/the-foot-in-the-door-phenomenon-and-your-job-search/#comment-3253 Gonzalo Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:57:34 +0000 http://www.aharrisonbarnes.com/?p=2616#comment-3253 I have a question: Re Geffen: Is it better to tell the truth up front regarding something in your background knowing that if you do you will not get the job, or is it better to hide it and get the job you seek? I am asking this question on a practical level; not a moral or ethical. It seems to me that if you lie, get hired, and do a great job, when the truth comes out it won't matter. On the other hand, if you tell the truth up front, though you will be morally pure, you won't get the job. I have a question:

Re Geffen: Is it better to tell the truth up front regarding something in your background knowing that if you do you will not get the job, or is it better to hide it and get the job you seek?

I am asking this question on a practical level; not a moral or ethical. It seems to me that if you lie, get hired, and do a great job, when the truth comes out it won’t matter. On the other hand, if you tell the truth up front, though you will be morally pure, you won’t get the job.

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