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It's probably just a tactic to reduce resume spam. After being unemployed for awhile, people tend to apply to everything to increase their chances of success.

• joezydeco 16y ago
  Agreed, but it sounds lazy. How hard is it to check the work chronology and just bong any resume that doesn't look like it would be anywhere near a good fit? It's not like H/R people are overworked filling hundreds of positions in their companies at the moment.
  • tibbon 16y ago
    Right on. Google's got a rather good system for automatically sorting and filtering applicants before they ever cross an HR Manager's desk. Why not have a system like this if you're so overwhelmed in hiring?
    • natrius 16y ago
      That costs money. This strategy is free.
      • paulgb 16y ago
        True, though it could cost down the line in terms of overlooking a good (but unemployed) candidate.
    • rajat 16y ago
      Because it would take work and time to put such a system in place, and they are overwhelmed right now. Plus, it would certainly cost money which is probably not in budgets that have been cut to the bone. There's also a cost/benefit analysis. Having gone through a few hundred such applications, they have probably come to the conclusion that the likelihood of finding a gem is too low to be worth the effort. If you are employed, you are likely only sending out resumes if it's a very good fit; therefore, from the hiring HR guy's point of view, there's a lot of value in that self-selection.
  • enjo 16y ago
    This is actually an indication of economic recovery. The H.R. folks that I know are MASSIVELY overworked right now. As their companies begin to start a new hiring cycle they are being just blasted with candidates. I was talking to an accounting recruiter the other day. They're finally starting to have a decent flow of jobs in the pipeline, but he's being killed by the number of applicants... many of which merely had an accounting class or two in college on the way to their marketing degree.
    • fburnaby 16y ago
      Perhaps that unemployed are all just trying to create more HR positions in the company so they can apply to those, too!
  • flatline 16y ago
    My wife's employer recently received 650 applications for three low-paying, entry-level legal positions. Not that I don't think it's a lousy thing to do, and probably will not screen for the best applicants, but I could see a justification for doing _something_ to stem the tide if the number becomes overwhelming.