When HR never returns your callsYou know that HR isn't doing their job when their voicemail box is full. What do you do when you send in a resume/application....you call to follow up, but they NEVER return you calls?? Just recently, I called the HR person, and her "Mailbox is full"...well, I guess we can see who is doing their job, eh? So you know what I did? I went there in person, did a follow-up that way, got some face time, and left a message with the secretary. (Because the HR person hadn't returned from lunch.) Also, there's no reason for them to get annoyed with me showing my face in person because they have a SIGN outside saying "NOW HIRING: (and the list of positons here)"' and it says, "INquire within". I will keep "Following up" on a daily basis....that is....if they don't return my messages. Anyone ever run into this? Since this morning, I have over 200 new emails in my inbox. I have been in meetings for almost 5 hours out of every day for the last month, thanks to company growth and the demand for high-touch communications from our hiring managers. Our company has had computer problems thanks to Daylight Savings Time and we're still not sure we have them solved.. My hiring partners are out of town and not returning my phone calls. Worse, they are standing up interviews we already scheduled and we have to take care of these candidates on site who are rightfully angry. Plus, It's annual review time here and everyone I need to talk to is in meetings. Next week, I am in a training class because it's a company required seminar and I will be out for 2 days. I can barely return emergency phone calls, let alone calls for the 56 openings I want to fill if I could only find time. I come here to laugh at people and their stories, and had to take 5 minutes (lunch) ot say to h*** with your attitude if you think all HR does is eat bonbons at work. Be honest. How would you be helping yourself if you called me every day? Corporate America does NOT work on the same schedule you do. Please do not get angry because no one rolled out the red carpet for you. All you're going to do is get a reputation for harassment. because jeez. If you act like that before you work here, how will you act if you got the job? Would you haunt people who don't return a call quickly enough for you? I wouldn't hurry to call you back except to say "sorry it took me so long to decline you, good luck." "You know that HR isn't doing their job when their voicemail box is full"? YOU try it for a while and tell me how much you get done. Recruiter person.....be thankful you HAVE a job. I don't. I'll get a reputation for harassment? That's a #### attitude for HR to have. Whatever happened to, "Man, that guys really is interested, he's a GO GETTER!!" How would I be "Helping myself' By routinely calling? All I have to say is "I have nothing to lose!" As the old saying goes, "Squeaky Wheel gets the GREASE!!" I have NOTHING to lose by calling on a routine basis to follow-up. I thought following up was smiled upon by empoyers. Oh, I also have news for you, I've even had this guy who used to work for company that I was applying for, I was telling him that they never return my calls or call me for interviews. His advice to me was, "Just keep buggin' them!" So, put that in your pipe, H.R.!! Enough said. ALSO, my bank account is getting lower and lower and lower, so the "noose" is tightening, so I believe I have a RIGHT to make my follow-up calls somewhat frequent. Oh yeah, you have an income, I forgot. Recruiterperson, You sound terribly overworked. That's all the more reason to pick up the phone and get someone hired. That way you can spread the work out. We know you have problems. That's the entire point of hiring somebody, right? It sounds like your hiring partners are out of touch with what you need. Don't take it out on the applicants. If you do, you'll be overworked for a long time to come. Hi MonsterReader,
Let me being by saying I understand how fustrating it is to be out of work and need a job, we have ALL been there at some point in our lives.... I am in HR, and like RecruiterPerson, I understand why he wrote you what he did....those of us in HR do not understand why people like you are convinced we have nothing better to do but call you within 2 minutes of recieving yoru resume. WE like the rest of corporate America are OVERWORKED, and do the best we can. If I called back every applicant that applied to the 40+ jobs I have sitting on my desk just to say hi and chat, I would have to work 24/7, and even then would not finish the task. If you are one of the more qualified applicants, someone will call you. Even if you are "qualified" it does not mean someone was not "more qualified" then you.....or everyone would get every job they applied to , think about it. I assure you, our goal is to hire the most qualified applicants that apply, or we ourselves would be out of a job. A lot of people burn out of HR becasue it is so hectic and stressful, so if you think it's a cake walk, I encourgae you to go back to school get an HR Degree and give it a try yourself since you think it's a cake walk. Otherwise, STOP Judging, if you have not worked in HR, then how would you really know what we do all day? IT IS NOT PERSONAL when you don't get a call, apply everywhere you can, and do what is best for you. I hope you get a job soon, but PLEASE stop blaming HR.
Well, when I sent in my resume to this one office, I got a IMMEDIATE call back at this one company and got an immediate interview appointment. My jaw about dropped there. So how is THAT HR office able to get back with me in a timely fashion, vs. your office, which takes weeks or never. How bout a compromise, if HR takes a while to get back with me, I feel it is my duty to save you that task, by calling you on a routine basis to follow-up, I think that is reasonable request. Also, I don't expect someone to get back with me within a few minutes, but I DO expect them to get back with me, in, let's say, 2 weeks, a month perhaps? I have known HR not to even get back with me within months OR NEVER at ALL. Sounds like some of your offices need to take a class, perhaps budget some money for Time Management courses or seminars. That way you can learn to prioritize and be given the ability to manage your time. Or perhaps find a class on your own to do this.
It is not a time managment issue in many cases it is the fact that there is simply not enough time. i posted a job on Monday and have over 300 applications. that is only 1 out of 71 jobs we currently have open. We have recieved over 1000 resume in the last 2 weeks. There is no way to call every one.
Okay Rusty...since that's the case, I'll keep calling you about...once a week...to check on my status. The real self-starters take on that method. Interesting take on perspective. The jobseeker feels personally offended by not being viewed as MOST qualified. Each jobseeker, 300 of them, ALL felt they were the PERFECT fit, and all apply -- for ONE position. Then they sit and wonder why they are not called back in a timely manner. Oh, maybe not in two minutes, but how about in 24 or 48 hours? As a jobseeker, merely sending out your resume and following up does NOT guarantee you a job with that one company. There are many factors involved, seen and unseen, and most of them you will never be privvy to. Maybe you teed off someone at a prior job ten years ago that is now working at the new organization you are applying for. Burn any bridges? Guess what -- karma's coming to bite you in the you know what. Fair? Honey, who said life was fair? But you will never know about it in most cases. How do I know? I worked at one job where for a year, a co-worker made it their business to bully me out of the job. I took it for a year, and I did everything, killed 'em with kindness, stood my ground, reported to HR, nothing worked. The person simply didn't like me. Flash forward three years later, I'm happily employed at another place, and lo and behold I see the person's resume on a co-worker's desk. Hmmmmm. Needless to say, they were not hired. I will always be grateful for being given that opportunity to provide payback so quickly. So you see? If you feel justified in calling back once a week to find out the status on your job application, go ahead. The worse the job can say is no. In the meantime, I hope you are looking and interviewing heavily elsewhere, it's never wise to put all your eggs in one basket, so to speak. | |
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