A reader has written in to RoF to say that he was applying for a paralegal job at Clyde & Co when he noticed an outstanding typo in the job description.
He decided to do the right thing and sent an email to the firm’s HR department pointing out the mistake. “Within the hour they had corrected it without even so much as a courtesy email back.” And hell hath no fury as a paralegal scorned – “now I’ve been rejected for the job, feel free to publish this”.
At the risk of making a rod for our own backs, here it is:
A spokesman for the firm said "whichever way you look at it (and spell it), attention to detail is important to us. We're sorry for this error and thank the candidate for pointing it out."
Clyde & Co joins other firms to have let a typo slip through the net with puerile, generous or possibly incriminating results.
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Also, "Previous legal research is desirable" sounds like a request that candidates turn up with arm-loads of work-product belonging to their previous employers.
Wow what an earth-shattering story. You're really pushing the envelope of legal journalism here RoF.
It's a bit crappy for Clydes to only thank the candidate via a snarky response to RoF. Have some grace, and at the very least they should have interviewed the candidate and made light of them spotting their "deliberate" mistake.
Instead they've now they've got bad PR and everyone assumes the HR folk rejected the candidate because they were shown up. Not ideal.
Breaking News! Human error occurs.
Although the irony of that particular error is pretty special.
Response to: Anonymous 18 October 19 09:43
Agreed they should have acknowledged and thanked the candidate sooner, but an obligatory interview is a bit of a leap. We have no idea whether the candidate has the requisite experience or attention to detial.
You wood habe tought he had a spill cocker on his computer
GC won't be happy
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Nothing worse than the grammar police. Get a life.
I hope it was on yellow paper
Surely that was done in eror
Topsykretts - You mean syntax police, surely? ;-)
HR admin assistant makes mistake.
Wannabe paraweasal highlights error and appears entitled.
Firm could have handled PR better.
Normal law firm industry practice tbh.
Massive heh at the typo which considering what they are asking for they can't seem to produce themselves.
Also interesting that the criteria essentially ask for trainee caliber candidates for a parasqueal - I thought this sort of behaviour had stopped. It's just outright underpayment for a better role.
If it was an offer it should have been on pink paper
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