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MichMan

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7. I found the process very discouraging back during the recession

Reply to MANative (Reply #5)

Thu Nov 15, 2018, 04:03 PM

Nov 2018

Found multiple jobs I was immensely qualified for, submitted on line and never heard anything at all.

Had HR experts tell me they were so overwhelmed with applicants that they could only review the first 100 or so. The problem was that for applicants, even if totally unqualified, there was no downside to hitting submit.

All this did was clog up the system so bad that many highly qualified applicants never got noticed.

I will say that at this time, people with my skills are highly recruited and sought after in Michigan.

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Want to get hired? Your resume should look like this [View all] IronLionZion Nov 2018 OP

And dress well. appleannie1943 Nov 2018 #1

And apply for jobs for which you are actually qualified, please! MANative Nov 2018 #2

Your attitude is why most of us hate HR ladies. Your time isn't any more wasupaloopa Nov 2018 #4

I suggest you understand that when I waste time on completely unqualified... MANative Nov 2018 #5

I found the process very discouraging back during the recession MichMan Nov 2018 #7

Yes, and that's still the case today for some jobs and some industries MANative Nov 2018 #8

I'm older, so I remember the days when you mailed out resumes... MichMan Nov 2018 #10

truth! I do always try to appreciate every candidates time as word of mouth is very powerfu TalenaGor Feb 2019 #11

Resumes are read by software now. It looks for key words I think. wasupaloopa Nov 2018 #3

In some cases, yes. In many, nope. I'm reading them myself... MANative Nov 2018 #6

After passing the software filters, a human will look at it IronLionZion Nov 2018 #9