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What to do if job posting says "NO CALLS" |
| Message Name: |
Alternate Positions |
| Date Posted: |
03/11/2002 |
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If you are employed in a certain industry, whether it is insurance, media, marketing, pr, government, it, etc.. you are aware of the styles that competitors engage in. Typically, you will then look for candidates to fill vacancies that share your vision. If i am looking at resumes, and a person's experience or training in the field i am recruiting for is predominantly with one company or with a series of companies who, using our insurance analogy of earlier, rates risk differently that the way we do, this candidate does not have the experience we are looking for. Plain and simple. Interviewing is an art. Both the candidate and the potential employer are on "company behavior". Neither knows how accurate the other is representing their position.
In addition, when you receive hundreds of resumes for every position, there has to be some system of eliminating candidates. Although highly unlikely, i guess it is concievable that an employee can go 180 degrees from their training and experience. However, a better way for this candidate to break through is to join a professional society. Network.. Get to know people within their industry. But this is outside of the recruitment process, and this method usually involves establishing a relationship outside of the office before a position develops. This is a way that wins... Not harassing managers/organizations by wasting their time pitching your "wares" when the organization has made it clear that it does not want this sort of contact... |
| Message: |
Dear "Seat": Wouldn't you agree that, since we have inside knowledge of present and upcoming open positions, it makes no sense, whatsoever, to avoid the Recruiter?
I frequently hire candidates who sent resumes to a hiring manager and were rejected*. But after sending the rejection letter (at the manager's request) I held onto the resume,because I knew I could use it on the next opening or for a position I knew was coming up, or I knew a colleague was recruiting for a position that would be a fit.
(*sometimes it just comes down to a personality fit with equally qualified candidates)
The hiring manager usually has a one track mind: their position. They don't care much about what's going on elsewhere. We get all of their rejected resumes, and I put the good ones to good use. Many times I have filled a new opening with resumes I have stockpiled for this purpose before the job was even posted or advertised. Even if an old candidate already has a job, I have a contact who might know a colleague who is looking.
Anybody who thinks company recruiters are not part of the "networking" process is his/her own worst enemy in the job search process. We know where all the jobs are. Does it make sense to deliberately avoid us? I don't think so!
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