research has shown that the majority of managers make thier minds up in 'seconds' whether they want to hire a particular person.
the survey conducted out of a 1,000 managers only a tiny minority wanted to thoroughly question a candidate.
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Most of those questioned by employment law firm Peninsula said they had recruited someone only to regret it later.
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Reasons for not offering someone a job included inappropriate dress sense, lack of enthusiasm, bad manners, lack of preparation, being interested only in salary or giving one-word answers to questions
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source: breakingnews.ie
http://www.breakingnews.ie/2005/01/16/story184933.html