These are the people who recruiters will be calling on in the future for leads to fill. They remember who was a true professional in how they responded to applicants and who wasn't. They share their "horror stories" and pass on the names of those that they will not deal with in the future. Recruiters have gained the same reputation among job seekers that Used Car Salesmen have enjoyed over the years. Is it true of all - No. One or two bad apples will create quite a bad smell that hovers over the whole barrel. Are all job seekers professional in how they react – No. As usual, all stories have two sides.
A. If I understand your point, why don't recruiters respond to all resumes they receive?
Almost every resume I receive does nothing to demonstrate that the person is qualified for the job to.
I want to repeat that.
Almost every resume I receive does NOTHING to demonstrate that the person is qualified for the job that they are responding to.
The biggest disservice that most services do is coddle the job applicant by pointing to the rudeness of the recruiter in these cases. In fact, if the shoe were on the other foot and we did that to someone who is a hiring managers, they would scratch their collective heads and tell us to buzz off.
Yet, when the same people are job applicants it is our fault.
As I tell every individual or service that makes this statement, the most help you can provide a job seeker (and search professional) is to tell them to stop flipping resumes to job ads like they are flipping burgers in the kitchen of a fast food restaurant and to continually tweak their resume for every position they submit it to.
Yes, it is more work. So what.
The broken watch is right twice per day. With effort, a person can get far more response than what they receive.
Jeff Altman
The Big Game Hunter
Concepts in Staffing
thebiggamehunter@cisny.com
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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, is Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, He has successfully assisted many corporations identify management leaders and staff in many disciplines since 1971. He is a certified leader of the ManKind Project, a not for profit organization that assists men with life issues, and a practicing psychotherapist.
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