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[deleted] t1_j9bjm7s wrote

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PM_Literally_Anythin t1_j9cka7z wrote

8 months after starting my last job I received two emails rejecting my application. 10+ month response time.

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MrsMaiselsBrisket t1_j9cq21s wrote

I got rejected several years after applying, a few times. Yeah, I wasn’t hanging around waiting for you to hire me all that time.

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Jazzlike-Emu-9235 t1_j9ch0zl wrote

It's so rude and disrespectful to me. Like I don't care if it's clearly a general notification. But like give me the courtesy of at least telling me. It doesn't make the company look good to me but I wouldn't feel that way if they just were honest

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riptydeco t1_j9c6l45 wrote

The blame goes both ways. Companies are less responsive, but they are also wading through a mountain of bullshit. I’d wager that 95% of applicants for any given position at a large company have no business applying. And I don’t mean that like “there are clearly going to be better candidates”, but “you have literally none of the skills or experience stated for the position”.

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Alekillo10 t1_j9caphe wrote

Back when I was looking for GD interns for my small business, I specifically asked for students, I had people that had been in the field for 30 years coming to me and demanding for a paid internship position🤣

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DoeCommaJohn t1_j9cm5rk wrote

Umm, actually, the corporations keep saying there is a worker shortage and young people don’t want to work, so clearly they are not receiving lots of applications.

The other problem is that there are some companies that treat the requirements as a wishlist and not a minimum, and expect applicants below that to apply.

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_Cabbage_Corp_ t1_j9cqpty wrote

Still no excuse. Any semi-competent company that is receiving that number of applications should have some sort of application to handle them. Don't meet qualifications? Either auto-reject based on information supplied, or a human hits reject. Either way, it should be able to send out a generic "form" email to the address that applied.

Literally would take no more effort than a mouse click. No excuse to not get one other than it being a shitty company.

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LowKeyLoki1998 t1_j9by7ct wrote

It sucks, but that's just how it is. Companies churn through hundreds to thousands of applicants even with ATS.

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SFHalfling t1_j9c6xb6 wrote

Which is no excuse as the same system should let them auto reply a generic no thanks good luck in the future message to everyone they don't invite to interview.

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roguespectre67 t1_j9crwhd wrote

Buddyroll, this is the way it works now. I was recently laid off, but I could see it coming and have been looking for a new job for maybe 6 months. One place put me through 2 rounds of phone interviews and about 4 hours of in-person interviews over the course of a day. Thought I did pretty well. Never even got a "thanks, but no thanks".

Another place I'm interviewing with right now has already put me through 3 rounds of interviews with the last one being almost 3 weeks ago, despite being contacted directly by a recruiter, and when I sent them an email checking in to see if I was still being considered, they basically said that yes I was but that the person I spoke to last had other interviews to finish and that there had been scheduling conflicts with the other candidates, so they'd check in with me when they knew whether I'd advanced to the 4th and final round.

I can't even begin to tell you how many applications I've sent out over the past 4 years or so since I've graduated college that have had no response. Hundreds and hundreds of them. Despite many of them having tailored resumes and/or cover letters.

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