I once had to post a position that was specifically made for my employee, but my recruiter was awesome. I told her there was no possibility I would pick anyone else, so she suggested I make the requirements hyper specific. So, I met with my employee and we worked up a list of 10-20 things that she had done in her career and put them all in as requirements to qualify.
I received no other âqualifiedâ applicants, so I only had to interview the one. My next meeting with her I said, âthis is your official interview, do you have any questions for me?â She said ânoâ and I congratulated her on being selected for the role.
Norin@lemmy.world â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
We are deeply honored to have received your application (which we did not bother to read).
Weâre sorry we didnât hire you, but also never contact us again.
Signed,
Someone in HR who has nothing to do with this process.
OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
At my old company I offered to help with the hiring. I said we should make job postings and just see if a great candidate applies.
My CEO told me âoh, we already have some postings. Let me give you the credentialsâ.
I log in to (BreezyHR). Thereâs over 2,000 applicants in the last 6 months. Tailored resumes, cover letters, everything. All the effort people put in to applying. Never even read. Nobody in the company even logged in to the platform where they would be read. Reading the cover letters from people saying it would be such a great fit was kind of sad.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâve stopped tailoring resumes and doing cover letters. As someone who has been on the hiring end, they make maybe a small difference but the amount of time spent isnât worth the potential upside.
Keep in mind that the people doing the hiring donât want to be reading resumes either. Thatâs why networking is still the best way to land a new job.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
But somehow theyâll still expect you to have tailored resumes and cover letters. This is the one positive thing thatâs come out of âAiâ writing: Spend 2 seconds generating some tailored business jargon they love so much, which is still 2 seconds more than any effort theyâd bother with on their end.
ulterno@lemmy.kde.social â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Oh, and also, all the information in your CV that you also painstakingly rewrote into our forms, is going to be spread around to other companies who will use it to send you spam and phishing messages.
Good luck with your future endeavours of staying sane with others trying to get money out of you, that you donât have.