Hiring sucks

[BelemNole]

So you will have to stop being passive and waiting for the right people to apply.

Search for resumes of the people you want on Indeed and LinkedIn and actively go after them. If they're not looking for a job, they're not going to see your advertisement. But if they have a resume out there, they're open to listening to your sales pitch.

Go get 'em.

Thanks, if I need any orderlies I'll check in with you. Oh, and can you write us up an NDA while you're at it?

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

You guys are Eskimo brothers?

 

[BelemNole]

Update: This week I had a screener call with someone who assumed the job was 100% remote despite the advert saying otherwise.
Had another today where I ended the call with "so...you marked yes to the screener questions that you have A and B quals but that's not true? Thanks, we'll get back to you."

 

[TennNole17]

Such a pain in the ass process

 

[artradley]

It's kinda funny because young people that are looking for a job say pretty much the same thing when they are applying. I know my no pic daughter does.

What are the qualifications?

My wife and daughter have sent over 1,000 resumes in the last ten months, always for jobs in which they absolutely qualify. My daughter, with a marketing degree, is even applying to fast food joints and grocery stores.

At least 90% of applications give no response. Wife got three interviews. Daughter has had zero.

And we hear the same thing from others all the time. Something is seriously broken.

 

[jonesy5960]

My wife and daughter have sent over 1,000 resumes in the last ten months, always for jobs in which they absolutely qualify. My daughter, with a marketing degree, is even applying to fast food joints and grocery stores.

At least 90% of applications give no response. Wife got three interviews. Daughter has had zero.

And we hear the same thing from others all the time. Something is seriously broken.

Sounds very familiar.

 

[artradley]

Update: This week I had a screener call with someone who assumed the job was 100% remote despite the advert saying otherwise.
Had another today where I ended the call with "so...you marked yes to the screener questions that you have A and B quals but that's not true? Thanks, we'll get back to you."

I will tell you why people do that. Because HR throws ridiculous requirements into job descriptions that are in no way relevant to the job, and which the interviewer is never going to address. In IT, I’ve been told I need five years experience in tools that have only existed for four years and which the company doesn’t actually use. So people just check “Yes” on everything so their resume doesn’t get tossed for no good reason.

 

[BelemNole]

I will tell you why people do that. Because HR throws ridiculous requirements into job descriptions that are in no way relevant to the job, and which the interviewer is never going to address. In IT, I’ve been told I need five years experience in tools that have only existed for four years and which the company doesn’t actually use. So people just check “Yes” on everything so their resume doesn’t get tossed for no good reason.

I get fudging stuff like that. But don’t say you have your FAA drone certification if you don’t.

 

[BrianNole777]

My wife and daughter have sent over 1,000 resumes in the last ten months, always for jobs in which they absolutely qualify. My daughter, with a marketing degree, is even applying to fast food joints and grocery stores.

At least 90% of applications give no response. Wife got three interviews. Daughter has had zero.

And we hear the same thing from others all the time. Something is seriously broken.

That's odd.

Are they tailoring their resumes and job applications to the postions?

 

[jonesy5960]

I get fudging stuff like that. But don’t say you have your FAA drone certification if you don’t.

Well no, but I did fudge my commercial pilot's license when I applied with Delta.

 

[artradley]

That's odd.

Are they tailoring their resumes and job applications to the postions?

Usually. But you don’t tailor a resume for McDonalds.

This is not at all unusual from what I’ve heard.

 

[artradley]

I get fudging stuff like that. But don’t say you have your FAA drone certification if you don’t.

Don’t ask for an FAA drone certificate if it’s not needed. The job seekers don’t know if any of these requirements are needed, because too often they aren’t.

 

[Hawgk]

I will tell you why people do that. Because HR throws ridiculous requirements into job descriptions that are in no way relevant to the job, and which the interviewer is never going to address. In IT, I’ve been told I need five years experience in tools that have only existed for four years and which the company doesn’t actually use. So people just check “Yes” on everything so their resume doesn’t get tossed for no good reason.

My former boss is trying to hire a guy and HR keeps lowballing everybody on offered salary and refusing to negotiate. After three months of interviews and the third person turning them down, he did a cost benefit analysis and if they had just matched the first counter offer they’d be ahead for like 7 years compared to if someone took their lowball offer today.

He tried explaining everything to HR to try to get them to start offering more and they just seemed confused.