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Did the author think that recruiters would carefully peruse every single inbound resume? That they would manually construct individualized emails? That people i

by lxe 5y ago

Did the author think that recruiters would carefully peruse every single inbound resume? That they would manually construct individualized emails? That people in tech companies don't optimize their workflows using automated tools? Gasp! What did they expect? Also... let's say I'm a recruiter or a hiring manager, and I get trolled by you for no reason, while I'm already having a hard time picking the right inbound candidates, I'll somehow flag you so you don't waste my time later.

Jaygles 5y ago
That the world hasn't lost its mind? How is throwing honest effort into a meat grinder ever ideal? If something is important, it deserves attention.
- AussieWog93 5y ago
  As someone who's been on the other side, it's difficult to be empathetic and patient when you're being hounded by hundreds of people who want something from you but don't have anything to offer.
reaperducer 5y ago
Did the author think that recruiters would carefully peruse every single inbound resume? Isn't that what they get paid for?
- ekianjo 5y ago
  Erm no. You need to do your job efficiently too.
  - reaperducer 5y ago
    That's not efficiency. That's cutting corners and letting the best qualified candidates get away. Hardly doing a service to the employer, or doing what you're paid for. Playing the "it doesn't scale" card is just code for lazy and incompetent.
    - ekianjo 5y ago
      > That's cutting corners and letting the best qualified candidates get away. You do realize that 99% of the resumes you will get are pure junk right? > Playing the "it doesn't scale" card is just code for lazy and incompetent. I'd like to know what you propose when you get several hundreds of them and you plan to see them in details for one hour each. You skip your weekends? No matter what you do you will have to cut corners somewhere. How you do it is the only difference.
bawolff 5y ago
If recruiters aren't getting value from resumes, than they should stop asking for them. Its kind of a dick move to ask the other party to do work if the recruiter has no intention of reading it.
stefan_ 5y ago
> I'm a recruiter [..] I'll somehow flag you so you don't waste my time later. That's an incredible sentence given how you are trying to explain why recruiters are wasting everyones time.

by lxe 5y ago

Jaygles 5y ago

That the world hasn't lost its mind? How is throwing honest effort into a meat grinder ever ideal? If something is important, it deserves attention.

AussieWog93 5y ago
As someone who's been on the other side, it's difficult to be empathetic and patient when you're being hounded by hundreds of people who want something from you but don't have anything to offer.

reaperducer 5y ago

Did the author think that recruiters would carefully peruse every single inbound resume? Isn't that what they get paid for?

ekianjo 5y ago
Erm no. You need to do your job efficiently too.
- reaperducer 5y ago
  That's not efficiency. That's cutting corners and letting the best qualified candidates get away. Hardly doing a service to the employer, or doing what you're paid for. Playing the "it doesn't scale" card is just code for lazy and incompetent.
  - ekianjo 5y ago
    > That's cutting corners and letting the best qualified candidates get away. You do realize that 99% of the resumes you will get are pure junk right? > Playing the "it doesn't scale" card is just code for lazy and incompetent. I'd like to know what you propose when you get several hundreds of them and you plan to see them in details for one hour each. You skip your weekends? No matter what you do you will have to cut corners somewhere. How you do it is the only difference.

bawolff 5y ago

If recruiters aren't getting value from resumes, than they should stop asking for them. Its kind of a dick move to ask the other party to do work if the recruiter has no intention of reading it.

stefan_ 5y ago

> I'm a recruiter [..] I'll somehow flag you so you don't waste my time later. That's an incredible sentence given how you are trying to explain why recruiters are wasting everyones time.