Doing The Job To Win The Job: Exploitation Or Good Idea?

We covered this idea a while back from the employer perspective—basically, the idea that an employee who proves him/herself on a tryout or by doing unpaid work is one an employer can be sure about.

In this week’s Ask The Headhunter Q&A, headhunter Nick Corcodilos says a reader wrote to tell him that this advice is “intended for the exploitation of the less mentally adept.”

We wondered, too, which is why we’re throwing the question out there.