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Rate My Chances of Getting a Job in MC |
| Message Name: |
Give me a break |
| Date Posted: |
05/25/2001 |
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To this HR colleague,
After I read your post, I almost fell over and threw up at the same time. You are the type of recruiter/HR person that gives our profession the bad name and reputation that it has. I can't believe you still have your job. If I was the partner, I would terminate you in no time flat. I did my Masters Degree in HR and spent a year at Ivy League University and worked for one of the top HR Managers. Scanning a resume like that and tossing it out is EXACTLY what she told me not to do. You are a disgrace to our profession. Shame on you. |
| Message: |
"HR Colleague" acts pretty much the way every HR person acts. Whether you like it or not, he stated a true fact: HR people at reasonably good firms spend a few seconds on each resume because they know they have dozens of good candidates available for every one position. So what if they cut someone who's talented and well-qualified? There are dozens of other resumes from talented people in the stack--way more than there are positions available.
The best way to get a job in MC is to know a director, partner, or influential senior associate and bypass HR altogether (hence the importance of networking). If one is applying to a top company, his chances of getting a job by just sending a resume to HR are almost zero. This is true even of people with 3.8s from HYPW (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Wharton). I'm not making a value judgment--it's an unfair system--but it's the way the world works...
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