Here is an interesting tidbit from Business Week, which cautions employers not to let the rising unemployment rate go to their head.  An employer with a cavalier attitude toward job candidates and the hiring process is not doing itself any favors.

“Employees who say they were mistreated during hiring feel less committed—for years. Researchers at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management surveyed roughly 100 MBA graduates about how they were hired by their employers. Those who felt they had been treated unfairly were twice as likely to be looking for opportunities outside their company, says Vanderbilt management professor Ray Friedman, “even after five years.”

So what consitutes being treated unfairly, according to the study?  How about slow or no responses from employers, offers that are withdrawn if not accepted immediately, and a company whose attitude is, ‘You need us.’   Sound familiar?