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Post by t-bob on Mar 26, 2017 0:20:54 GMT -5
It's interesting. People don't respond now. Do you know when companies - 60s, 70s, 80s, even the 90s - wrote quick letters said "I found another person" or "this wasn't a good fit for you" etc etc
Now in this different world....you never now......
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Post by brucemacneill on Mar 26, 2017 5:47:06 GMT -5
Bob, you're a "Human resource" now, not a person, more like a lump of coal. Get used to it.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Mar 26, 2017 6:38:12 GMT -5
The lack of responses is one of the many frustrations in looking for a job. A response is a simple thing, and much easier for them to send than it was for you to apply. All it takes is a form letter and pushing the “send” button. But no. You’re not worth their time. Once you find a job you may get a different perspective and realize you were lucky not to get a job from the companies that can’t even be bothered to send that simple form letter.
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Post by jdd2 on Mar 26, 2017 6:57:10 GMT -5
I ate a cut up chicken like this once.  |
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Post by Dub on Mar 26, 2017 9:28:55 GMT -5
Bob, you're a "Human resource" now, not a person, more like a lump of coal. Get used to it. Those were the good old days. Now you're an FTE (full time equivalent). All budgets and planning are in terms of FTEs. All notion of "human" is gone. |
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Post by fauxmaha on Mar 26, 2017 10:14:59 GMT -5
I've long had the advantage as a small business. My rule is pretty simple: I'll run an ad, talk about what we are looking for, and then, at the bottom of the ad, put "You must apply in person to be considered".
You'd be amazed at how many email applications we still get. Those are ignored. If you can't bother to read and follow basic instructions, I owe you nothing.
The ones who do come in, by and large, get 10 or 15 minutes directly with me. Most of the time, you'll get your answer right then.
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Post by Dub on Mar 26, 2017 10:48:59 GMT -5
I've long had the advantage as a small business. My rule is pretty simple: I'll run an ad, talk about what we are looking for, and then, at the bottom of the ad, put "You must apply in person to be considered". You'd be amazed at how many email applications we still get. Those are ignored. If you can't bother to read and follow basic instructions, I owe you nothing. The ones who do come in, by and large, get 10 or 15 minutes directly with me. Most of the time, you'll get your answer right then. You just INSIST on being one of the good guys, don't you? That is SO like you. |
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Post by fauxmaha on Mar 26, 2017 10:56:01 GMT -5
I've long had the advantage as a small business. My rule is pretty simple: I'll run an ad, talk about what we are looking for, and then, at the bottom of the ad, put "You must apply in person to be considered". You'd be amazed at how many email applications we still get. Those are ignored. If you can't bother to read and follow basic instructions, I owe you nothing. The ones who do come in, by and large, get 10 or 15 minutes directly with me. Most of the time, you'll get your answer right then. You just INSIST on being one of the good guys, don't you? That is SO like you. You're too kind. The most interesting thing about this approach (to me anyway) is seeing how they react. There are some who are manifestly uncomfortable. It's as if they are conditioned to the "institutional bureaucracy" model. I make no bones about actively weeding them out. When I hire you, in my mind I am inviting you to join my family. The bar is pretty high. You can sense that some people get it and some don't. |
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Post by Village Idiot on Mar 26, 2017 15:02:45 GMT -5
I've long had the advantage as a small business. My rule is pretty simple: I'll run an ad, talk about what we are looking for, and then, at the bottom of the ad, put "You must apply in person to be considered". You'd be amazed at how many email applications we still get. Those are ignored. If you can't bother to read and follow basic instructions, I owe you nothing. The ones who do come in, by and large, get 10 or 15 minutes directly with me. Most of the time, you'll get your answer right then. My wife does the same at the hospital here. The rules are out there, but many people don't follow them. Last week, for example, she got a call: "Do you have anything open that you don’t need to be qualified?" |
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Post by Greg B on Mar 27, 2017 9:21:53 GMT -5
When I was interviewing last year only 1 of the 3 big companies I interviewed with even called me back to say I didn't get the job. I interviewed for over 3 hours at one company and never heard a single word from them.
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Post by patrick on Mar 27, 2017 11:08:07 GMT -5
With large organizations, very often your resume is scanned and put into their database and the selecting person searches in there, so there isn't one person who is responsible for getting back to everyone who applied.
This is also a problem in the government. The selecting official may never see your application for a variety of reasons. In addition, at NIH, when you apply for a position, after about a month any other institute can look at the applicants for similar positions in other institutes, so you might get called for an interview for a job you didn't apply for.
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