This is what they believe (and I quote):
Good candidates aren’t getting through corporate front-line resume screening systems.
Or, if their resumes are reaching the eyes of actual hiring managers, they’re getting no feedback as to why they’re not getting interviews.
“We can’t get past the HR gatekeeper,” one said. “If we’re blown off, we don’t know why.”
. . . the hiring system is broken in many companies.
Blame the flood of Internet applications.
Blame downsized human resource departments that can’t handle the application volume.
Blame front-line screeners who don’t understand what they’re looking for or at.
“It’s a loss of etiquette,” one of the participants complained.
More precisely, it’s a loss of human contact.
You and I both know that these are romantic notions that belie the fact that you would interview a chipmunk if their resume looked like a fit for the job you were trying to fill.
It is hard to screen every resume you receive given all the responsibilities and priorities you have. HR systems are often handled by the least experienced person who may not fully understand the skills sought. That may not be the case in your organization but it is the case in a lot of them.
Is there a way to set up an email address for ad responses that gets an auto response acknowledging that you have received the resume, will review it and will be inviting in several [ep[le who are a tight fit with the requirements? That if you do not hear from the firm, it is because your experience does not appear to be as tight as others’?
For many of you, these people are consumers of the products and/or services your firm sells thus a minute of time invested (which is al this takes, can have terrific pay off.
Jeff Altman
The Big Game Hunter
Concepts in Staffing
jeffaltman@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 technology, accounting, finance, sales, marketing and other 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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