By Staff
Have you ever sent a resume out to a company or agency supposedly looking for a worker, only to have it disappear into the black void?
Many have; too many, in fact. This is becoming a continual grievance amongst job seekers because employers seem to be of the mindset, they are in the catbird seat due to more unemployed than jobs here in Salisbury. However, those employers are actually speaking volumes to the community through this practice.
What they’re saying is: “No one in their right mind should really want to work for us; look at how rudely we treat people who want to work here!”
Ironically, many of these same companies complain they cannot seem to attract the highly skill applicants. Well, no wonder when they blow them off at the first initial contact. They have these applicants fill out four to eight page applications – something that takes a lot longer than truly necessary considering there’s a resume attached – only to be blown off completely, without so much as a “we’ve decided to go with another applicant…” note or email.
Government – especially the local gang - is notorious for being the big rude black hole. Many positions listed on their websites with strict deadlines but when applicants take that time to fill out their unnecessarily lengthy application asking for redundant information -- they get absolutely NO response. None. Nadda. Zero. (Many officials have surely been unfriended on Facebook because they don’t realize their FB friends/voters have been subject to their rude lack of response.)
This employer laziness, because there’s no other way to describe it, is eventually going to haunt them if it already hasn’t –word gets around. Many applicants avoid certain companies in town due to their reputations as being bad employers with revolving doors that move faster than at Herald Square’s Macy’s. Eventually, their post-filling efforts will result in unqualified applicants because the good candidates they’ve already ticked off. It can (and does) happen.
The old Golden Rule, ‘do unto others,’ works in the business world, too, kids.
Employers, if you want quality applicants, then treat job seekers with a little respect. Then, quality people will want to work for you!
And, job seekers, just remember, if a company dismisses your application without response, then the job is probably not all it's cracked up to be. Hang in there, the right job will come.
Share your stories of your last job search here; should prove entertaining at the least, but informative at the worst.
14 comments:
The first thing you will hear from these employers is how busy they are and how they don't have time to acknowledge all applications.
Is that an excuse to be rude?
You should be flattered that people are interested in working for you. I know there are some just filling out apps to satisfy unemployment requirements, but you should at least be polite enough to let them know you looked at it. Even if it's a form letter.
Wicomico County are you reading this. You are one of the worst offenders.
Auto Zone wanted part time which I was looking, 3days a week at 8 hrs a day with a salary of no less than $9.30 an hr and wanted no benefits, for being retired with knowledge of auto parts and received no response. went in after they took down their sign and had to deal with a young person who nothing about auto parts. I will no longer deal with them or apply again, since this was the third time I applied. Their Managers, must be fresh out of college / high school, and workers have gotten to be a joke.
That's why I left sales for a labor job. The office is a joke, especially in this town. I would rather freeze my @$$ off and work my fingers to the bone than deal with office politics for one more minute.
I would rather deal with the petty office politics than freeze my body and work my fingers to the bone.
That's just me.
Some want an awful amount of info for minimum wage.
1:33 you got that right. They want you to be a frigging rocket scientist as well as have cashier experience. Ridiculous.
There must be other fun anecdotes about people's job searches out there.
How do you all like those 40 minute "personality screen questionaires"? boy that's a joke - for a $10/hr job? WTH.
The other MAIN issue I have is that Customer Service is a lost art. Has been for some time. Get used to it folks, it won't come back. All you have to do is look around. sad
I know from my own experience, when I put my resume on Monster.com and Careerbuilders, all the responses I got were to become an insurance agent or realtor. Both of which require money to start, which if I had money, I wouldn't be looking for a job. Employers don't seem to be all that active in looking for folks or they would try searching those databases for candidates for the jobs they want to fill. If Aflac and Coldwell Banker can find these resumes, why can't the employers in Salisbury looking for qualified people? I suspect many jobs they advertise are already promised to other people and they're just putting them out there for fun or to fulfill some stupid quota, proving they advertised. It's a BS process run bureaucrats.
Here's a list of some culprit employers who have acted dismissive towards job applicants in the Black Hole Syndrome:
Wicomico State's Attorney Office
Wicomico Board of Education
WorWic
Salisbury University
The Salisbury School
WBOC
The Daily Times
Wicomico County Clerk's Office
Women Supporting Women
The Art League of Ocean City - Center for the Arts
I won't say where I work, but I go over the employment apps, and my boss has ordered me to round file apps with African names.
You can add the Country House to this list.
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