Incredibly stupid career advice from ‘coaches’ on LinkedIn

[Anonymous]

I saw a post yesterday- unfortunately I don’t have it- of a career coach advising someone about interviewing at a company for a role. The hiring manager wrote the person saying they were still in the mix, but needed more time, or something along those lines. So not a rejection. The ‘coach’, and others who posted, took this to mean that the company had offered the role to someone else, and were waiting to see if they accepted. Probably true but who knows, maybe a budgeting issue, etc.

The overall advice from the coach, which everyone seemed to agree with, was that this was unacceptable!, and showed that the company didn’t appreciate the applicant and they’d always be ‘number two’. Lots of rants from people saying they’d experienced something similar and they withdrew their application and never looked back, blah, blah.

But a job is a job. Who cares if they had someone else in mind that didn’t work out? And that’s an assumption anyway.

I was completely shocked at the stupidity and entitlement of everyone posting…

What’s the angle here? Are people really this dumb?

[Anonymous]

A woman from my high school is a pretty well known coach. She’s never really worked a 9-5 job.

[Anonymous]

Yes, they are that dumb. A lot of people like to stoke their own and others' outrage (I know my worth! I won't take less!) and apply it to any situation whether it makes sense to or not. It makes no difference if you were number two, especially when you are at top levels. It is common. It matters how you perform once you're in the door. LinkedIn is full of extremely dubious content.

[Anonymous]

81% of hms report that they have no intention of filling the positions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:81% of hms report that they have no intention of filling the positions

I find that stat hard to believe, especially for any legitimate company. But that’s really beside the point… why burn a bridge with a potential employer??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A woman from my high school is a pretty well known coach. She’s never really worked a 9-5 job.

A friend of mine, a senior lawyer at a well known co, hired a career coach to get her ‘to the next level’, etc. She was fired within the year.

[Anonymous]

Anyone can hang up a shingle and call themselves a career coach so caveat emptor if you choose to hire one

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I saw a post yesterday- unfortunately I don’t have it- of a career coach advising someone about interviewing at a company for a role. The hiring manager wrote the person saying they were still in the mix, but needed more time, or something along those lines. So not a rejection. The ‘coach’, and others who posted, took this to mean that the company had offered the role to someone else, and were waiting to see if they accepted. Probably true but who knows, maybe a budgeting issue, etc.

The overall advice from the coach, which everyone seemed to agree with, was that this was unacceptable!, and showed that the company didn’t appreciate the applicant and they’d always be ‘number two’. Lots of rants from people saying they’d experienced something similar and they withdrew their application and never looked back, blah, blah.

But a job is a job. Who cares if they had someone else in mind that didn’t work out? And that’s an assumption anyway.

I was completely shocked at the stupidity and entitlement of everyone posting…

What’s the angle here? Are people really this dumb?

I saw this post!!! I was also a little perplexed by it, like why would you withdraw your application?

There's a lot of misinformation and nuttiness on linkedin and I resent that it seems like the main way to job hunt right now.

[Anonymous]

Coaches are unemployable people. Don't bother with their bad advice.

[Anonymous]

There is no reason to believe that any free, random advice posted anywhere is useful. That goes for other specialties as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Coaches are unemployable people. Don't bother with their bad advice.

I have never met a coach that was successful. I'm an executive and have worked with coaches and gained some valuable insights. But really good coaches that write bestsellers and do speeches aren't the ones being retained by your HR department.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:81% of hms report that they have no intention of filling the positions

I find that stat hard to believe, especially for any legitimate company. But that’s really beside the point… why burn a bridge with a potential employer??

Believe what you want https://www.kellyservices.us/news-and-insights/dishonest-job-search-survey-results

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Coaches are unemployable people. Don't bother with their bad advice.

I have never met a coach that was successful. I'm an executive and have worked with coaches and gained some valuable insights. But really good coaches that write bestsellers and do speeches aren't the ones being retained by your HR department.

Speak for your own company, but mine has hired some people with pretty impressive resumes.

Personally I have found Liz Wiseman's thoughts on management styles to be the most accurate about productivity, but unfortunately most companies have too many built in speed bumps to implement advice, even when its smart.

[Anonymous]

I bet a lot of career coaches are on DCUM!

[Anonymous]

I put professional coaches in the same bucket as chiropractors. Sure, there's someone out there who has found it useful. But for the great majority, it's a pointless waste of time. And for some, it's devastating.

Agree that all the people I know who have gone into coaching did so only when they failed at real jobs.