So you just sent in your resume and your feeling good about your potential. Do you really know who is looking at them? Chances are, its a RECRUITER! A companies HR Department knows the needs of their team. RECRUITERS are just banking resumes to meet the qualifications of their quotas. They have little or no experience in the industries you are apply for. Further more, be careful, they are known to " Black Out" your name and resume based on your address, phone number and email address.
I still get email invitations for attend job fairs. hey ask that you register, bring copies of your resume and your smile to speak with Hiring Managers. It appears to me that it is an archaic way to collect resumes. When looking for a job, you want to get away from applying online but is this a successful way to find a job? It is disappointing to get dressed up after looking through rejection emails to drop your resume off and not hear anything? Any success stories on job fairs? To attend or not to attend....is the question.
I got this feedback from the recruiter from a tech company I'd applied for. I failed 6 interview segments on the interview out of 6 - so the cooling off period is set to 6 years for Google. Recruiter said "you should consider third league and get a job supporting some legacy"
Any thoughts? Should I follow this or try some different company? I'm scared by the fact that hiring committee wasn't even called.
I red this today and I would like to share with you guys:
"I have something that I want to get off my chest about RECRUITERS...."
"You are some of the hardest working folks I’ve ever met. I have worked with many of you over the last few months and I have learned one thing. You have a tremendously difficult job that goes a mile a minute. You are probably chasing down a dozen reqs at once, juggling 20 or more phone calls a day, scheduling interviews, and getting feedback to/from everybody"
"The amount of organization it takes to do all of this is incredible and I know the job rarely ends when you leave work for the day. I for one appreciate everything you put into matching people to a job where they will feel fulfilled and really make a difference"
I've received and read advice from several recruiters, professional job counselors and HR Consultants.
While I appreciate their sincere advice AND recognize their advice is based on the current hiring practices. These practices are baffling and appear most inefficient. I'll make several points to which I'd invite constructive criticism, illumination or plain correction.
Keyword: I've learned most organizations use the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to screen applications for position to be filled. I'm told review the job description and ensure you have keywords in your resume. Is there a clue to what the key words should be? Does not the hiring agency build this blueprint outlining what ATS should look for?
Copy, Cut & Paste: I've been told to ensure your resume gets selected, be sure you have phrases from the job description in your resume. I view this as an integrity issue. I do not want to mislead a hiring manager with extracted phrases from the job description that I've not performed, but am capable of performing. I opine, this process is most inept!
Also, if I am switching to a new field, why would my resume have phrases from the job description? Should not my previous accomplishments highlight my abilities and the competencies that will benefit the organization? Seems like company recruiters seek cookie cutter new employees or people who may have worked in a specific position related to the position they seek to fill. Also appears most organizations are lean and do not have an effective internal training program. Are my expectations antiquated?
Branding: Develop your brand. What is your brand? Seems like "brand" is more important today than critical thinking skills. Seems like emphasis is more on the latest keyword than ability to deliver results.
Networking: Find someone at the company you can connect with via alumni or some other connection and ask them to sponsor you with HR. Has this worked for anyone? This is like cold contacting & cold contacting today is not like years past.
Does recruitment for our current workforce not value competencies like: Action Oriented; Demonstrated Business Acumen; Superb Decision Quality; Experience directing others; Capable of Managing Diversity; Expert Problem Solver; Astute Planner; Strategically Agile; Intellectual Horsepower; Innovation; Six Sigma; Potential; Excellent Process Manager; Cross Functional Team Contributor; Effective Leader; Thought Leader...you get the point. Seems like these are not focus items for the ATS.
Stands to reason without highlighting these type skills for hiring, a successful succession plan is not a priority and recruitment and retention of competing talent becomes increasingly more difficult for a company's long range human capital planning.
Another point: Federal Government loves to highlight jobs created per quarter. I believe they are reporting the wrong metric - they should be reporting how many people got hired into those created jobs. And where are these jobs? Who are the companies?
It is disheartening to continuously read and hear metrics being reported that
do not affect real change to improve the quality of life for Americans.
I make this post knowing there are varying opinions shaped by different experiences. My objective is to listen, learn and hear if others believe similarly.
Look forward to your comments/opinions.
As a middle aged single mother of two girls, I am unable to get a job within my career path. I started off as an administrative assistant and worked my way to an executive assistant but am unable to move into Human Resources. I was told that I needed a Bachelors degree in order to be considered for any Human Resource position, so I went back to college, started taking online night classes and am on my third year towards a degree in Human Resources Manangement. Most of my administive positions involved tasks within Human Resources, which built my skills and experience.
I have applied to several positions and only get to the third phase of the interview process. All of the positions I've applied for are stepping stone positions which are entry level positions. These positions involve the typical filing, new hire documents and orientation, scheduling and event planning. I am very well experienced with these tasks and many more within Human Resources and yet I am not considered for any positions!
The Bay Area is one of the toughest and most competitive job markets! The minute they see me in person I am not considered because I am not the hip young type all these companies seem to be looking for. They use large elaborate vocabulary in the interviewing process and expect the same out of me. I am not used to speaking so eloquently and this may be my downfall. Or my downfall is my interviewing skills, I'm always nervous and stumble on my words.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, I don't know what else to do. I don't want to give up or feel so horrible, I am honestly feeling like I have failed myself and that isn't who I am. I am a very positive person who is always encouraging and motivating others. But, today I feel defeated.
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I have been progressing through numerous interviews one through direct application and 2 through recruiters. They are beginning to diverge from a schedule standpoint. For the job I want over the others, they seem to be wrap us the process longer than ones that are really backups (recruiters) should I tell them I have other opportunities that are competing for my talents to help get a potential offer faster?
Why do recruiters send me job listings for an out of area(county)when when I sign up, fill out my profile and submit to my local county?I live in the SJ valley anna have gotten job posts for SJ anna Del Rey.Might as well be Arizona or Nevada.Come on!!
I had a 4 hour interview last week, 4 hours why?? it was a group of 12 people who interviewed with 3 supervisors. it went well.. I received an offer from the headhunter who sent me on the interview on Tuesday Yipeee.. I had a conversation with the account manager for this firm, and she was sending me documentation etc... So I was to have received docs for taking a drug test in my area, nothing received by the end of Tuesday... Wednesday right before noon, I got a call from the recruiter, that they cancelled the job, and the ticket has been closed. Now a friend sent me a link that this company is hiring. If I apply, is that a breach of the head hunter contract??? Can I still apply directly???