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"Allowed me to upload one" is the red flag there. If you're dealing with a company that is asking you to use a system to upload a resume rather than communicati

"Allowed me to upload one" is the red flag there. If you're dealing with a company that is asking you to use a system to upload a resume rather than communicating directly with a recruiter and hiring manager then yeah it's going to get ignored.

hrktb 6y ago
If you’re applying by yourself, directly to the company, isn’t that your only way to push your resume ? Or do you go out of your way to find recruiting team’s email/phone number to hit them out of the system ?
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- Lammy 6y ago
  Kids These Days just need to learn to pound the e-pavement, have a firm e-handshake, and really show that they are the best ${entity} for the job.
  - kjeetgill 6y ago
    Joking aside, yea 90% of my job hunt tends to be recruiters on LinkedIn, resume in an email, straight to calls. For Software in the bay. I'm sure this varies a ton by industry and role.
- teetertater 6y ago
  The latter is the only way that works for me. In one case, I found a job posting with an online form that had the name of the recruiter on the website. I dug up the recruiter's email and sent an email intro + my resume. From there she said "thanks, let me put you into the system". So double win for me because my application was acknowledged and I didn't have to fill out their custom form! (Made it to the last round). Hitting out of the system makes you stand out and they're forced to consider you
  - hrktb 6y ago
    I know in the good old days it was the way to go, and HR people are also more open to get external solicitation at any time, so I believe you when you say it works. I’d put on the table that I twice received direct contact from candidates and it felt super weird (I don’t work in HR to be clear). I guess some would value the scrappiness, I had more of a “have I been stalked ? am I getting spammed ?” sensation. We also had automated pipelines to handle candidates applying through our recruiting page, so entering them manually into the system would have been more of a PITA (I actually politely told them to apply through the site) In general I’d say for small/middle size companies, direct candidature through the company’s own site is not going through a blackhole, and pretty much appreciated (no recruiting fee, went through the front door etc.)
    - ghaff 6y ago
      >I’d put on the table that I twice received direct contact from candidates and it felt super weird It certainly isn't very scalable. If it's someone totally out of the blue I'd probably politely point them to our jobs board. If there's some connection, even if it's just "Hi, I'm one of the 50,000 people who are also alumni from your undergrad," depending on my mood and how they approached me, I might spend 15 minutes on the phone with them.
- ghaff 6y ago
  Every job I've had since the one directly out of grad school (which came through on-campus recruiting) has been working through someone I knew at the company.
aplummer 6y ago
I dunno. I did this cold at a faang and got the gig
perl4ever 6y ago
When I'm contacted by a recruiter, I still have to go through that system; I've never run into an exception to that, at least not in the last decade. Also, I did get a job once by applying directly to $BIGCORP and entering data in an applicant tracking system, without being first found by a recruiter. It did not turn out to be the most wonderful place to work though.

hrktb 6y ago

If you’re applying by yourself, directly to the company, isn’t that your only way to push your resume ? Or do you go out of your way to find recruiting team’s email/phone number to hit them out of the system ?

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Lammy 6y ago
Kids These Days just need to learn to pound the e-pavement, have a firm e-handshake, and really show that they are the best ${entity} for the job.
- kjeetgill 6y ago
  Joking aside, yea 90% of my job hunt tends to be recruiters on LinkedIn, resume in an email, straight to calls. For Software in the bay. I'm sure this varies a ton by industry and role.
teetertater 6y ago
The latter is the only way that works for me. In one case, I found a job posting with an online form that had the name of the recruiter on the website. I dug up the recruiter's email and sent an email intro + my resume. From there she said "thanks, let me put you into the system". So double win for me because my application was acknowledged and I didn't have to fill out their custom form! (Made it to the last round). Hitting out of the system makes you stand out and they're forced to consider you
- hrktb 6y ago
  I know in the good old days it was the way to go, and HR people are also more open to get external solicitation at any time, so I believe you when you say it works. I’d put on the table that I twice received direct contact from candidates and it felt super weird (I don’t work in HR to be clear). I guess some would value the scrappiness, I had more of a “have I been stalked ? am I getting spammed ?” sensation. We also had automated pipelines to handle candidates applying through our recruiting page, so entering them manually into the system would have been more of a PITA (I actually politely told them to apply through the site) In general I’d say for small/middle size companies, direct candidature through the company’s own site is not going through a blackhole, and pretty much appreciated (no recruiting fee, went through the front door etc.)
  - ghaff 6y ago
    >I’d put on the table that I twice received direct contact from candidates and it felt super weird It certainly isn't very scalable. If it's someone totally out of the blue I'd probably politely point them to our jobs board. If there's some connection, even if it's just "Hi, I'm one of the 50,000 people who are also alumni from your undergrad," depending on my mood and how they approached me, I might spend 15 minutes on the phone with them.
ghaff 6y ago
Every job I've had since the one directly out of grad school (which came through on-campus recruiting) has been working through someone I knew at the company.

aplummer 6y ago

I dunno. I did this cold at a faang and got the gig

perl4ever 6y ago

When I'm contacted by a recruiter, I still have to go through that system; I've never run into an exception to that, at least not in the last decade. Also, I did get a job once by applying directly to $BIGCORP and entering data in an applicant tracking system, without being first found by a recruiter. It did not turn out to be the most wonderful place to work though.