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redglasscurls:
Please note that the squeaky wheel thing does NOT apply if it's a small company where there is an actual person checking incoming resumes.
I've reviewed resumes for two positions at my very small company and I SWEAR I have read your resume and determined that your background/grasp of basic grammar is not what we are looking for. I've had a guy send me his resume every day for a week and call the office twice and he was the single least qualified applicant we had for the position. It was infuriating and put me in the super awkward position of having to tell someone WHY we had not contacted him for an interview, which is really not my thing.

Doctor Online:
I never even put small businesses into consideration.  :psyduck:

The way to look at it though, you can hope that maybe that man took what you told him (if you went into an actual explanation, not just "You just don't qualify") to heart, and use that as constructive criticism to improve himself for the next place he applied to. That is, if you were forced to go into detail.

Lunchbox:
It's really frustrating at my company because I'm not the one who does the hiring or reads the resumes, I just call them up and arrange interviews and confirm via email, and then they keep emailing me back asking how they went and thanking me and asking why they haven't been contacted... aargh.

bainidhe_dub:
I've gotta agree (edit: with Amanda). I had a guy reply to an ad for lighting stagehands who thought he was hot shit because he was on the "D" list with the stagehand union (meaning, he got someone to refer him, but had yet to pass a test that is simpler than my Intro to Technical Theatre final). He was now laying fiber-optic cable, and had previously been a gutter cleaner. He could not understand why we did not want him on our crew list. Simple, it starts with the fact that you said "Local 22 D List" like it matters, and ends with the way you bitched that you "worked hard" to get me a copy of your resume when I didn't immediately call to schedule you.

And there was the guy who responded to the "Moving Light Repair Tech Needed: MUST have moving light repair experience" ad, with a resume about equal to mine, aka office bitch 3+ years. I had to explain that being a quick learner is not good enough, we need someone who knows how to do it, because we don't. If MS Word is all it took to fix those things I would be doing it myself.

Soooo, yeah. Gauge the organizations you're applying to when timing your follow-ups and if your ego is feeling up to is maybe ask politely why they don't think you're a "good fit at this time" or whatever if they turn you down.

Doctor Online:
What I'm saying is, follow up on his applications, follow up after an interview. Calling them never hurt, and sometimes (with certain jobs) calling every day really is the only way to get a job. My boyfriend used to manage, he said through a hectic day it's hard to remember he was supposed to call an applicant back on a follow up. So he really appreciated the ones who did call back. It showed him they really wanted the job. He's the one who's pushed me to do it, because the job I was applying for was very busy, and actually extremely shorthanded so they never actually had a chance to get to me, but calling them at a dead time during the day to touch bases was ok. They appreciated it and voiced that appreciation.

I am also an Amanda. You did not know that, but I'ma be a butt-face and say in my head you agree with me anyways. =P Makes me feel better.

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