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What to do if job posting says "NO CALLS" |
| Message Name: |
Nightmare continues |
| Date Posted: |
02/13/2002 |
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This discussion-- I am so excited about.. just because with my recently bankrupt dotcom alot of us have been pooling together to help each other. Our brilliant marketing director was appalled when she applied for a job with a very cool tech company that the job description seemed to have been lifted right off of her resume. Not only that this person has a Masters from one of the best universities in this country with plenty of experience. In fact I gave her the lead.. she could not believe.. when HR sent her a form letter within a few days that basically said.. "we are sorry but your qualifications do not fit within our current set of openings..thanks but no thanks." I was appalled.. everyone was appalled. It was my CEO that later said.. "Wow the biggest nightmare for top management within a company and what would and has kept me awake at night.. what type of candidates is my HR department knocking out of the running before they even get in the door." |
| Message: |
I concur with your assertions. Another issue to consider is the rampant use of scanning resumes. How do I know that my resume has been tossed because I lacked a key word or functional area word? How do I know what key words to put on the resume? HR is like an attorney. They know a lot about what they do but use their knowledge to break deals that they think is not a fit for them. This is a problem and I speak from an Executive VP stand point with many years of experience. I to have often wondered who was missed because of some bad misrepresentation by HR. By the way, I enjoyed phone calls from candidates who wanted to work for me. It really excited me that someone with enough courage would call me and pitch me for the job that was open. In today's market you have to be both assertive and aggressive in order to get anywhere in business today.
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