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we have a candidate for engineering who has had trouble finding a job. His resume states he wants 150K, but he is willing to take 80K to work with us. WE are afraid to hire because once he finds a pos
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Can we say no

posted at 7/6/2010 5:37 AM EDT
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we have a candidate for engineering who has had trouble finding a job. His resume states he wants 150K, but he is willing to take 80K to work with us. WE are afraid to hire because once he finds a position offering him what he wants, he will leave us after we have invested time in teaching him the product. Can we refuse to hire due to "not a good fit" . His logic is"well, at least you'll have me for sometime".
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Can we say no

posted at 7/6/2010 5:47 AM EDT
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You are never required to hire a candidate. (well never say never, but under very rare circumstances). Yes, you can reject due to the fact that he is overqualified. Many companies do so.
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posted at 7/6/2010 6:04 AM EDT
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Denying an offer based on overqualification is doable but keep in mind that there might be age discrimination inherent in doing so.

In your case, the candidate seems to have stated something of an intention to depart once better paying employment has been found. Since he's not denying that possibility, I'd document it and move on to your next candidate.
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posted at 7/7/2010 1:02 PM EDT
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I am not sure that there is any jurisdiction that requires that you tell the candidate why you did not hire them (unless the issue is related to the Fair Credit Reporting Act). Thus you do not HAVE to tell him anything.

The best answer is always "there was a better candidate available" and not say another word.
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