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Frequently, people in a hiring position treat prospective candidates like cattle. They forget there is a human being behind that resume or portfolio. All it ta
by alecdibble 14y ago
Frequently, people in a hiring position treat prospective candidates like cattle. They forget there is a human being behind that resume or portfolio.
All it takes is a reply like this:
"Hello _______, We are very appreciative that you took the time to send us your _______. Once we get a chance to review your ______, we will contact if you we feel like you are a good fit.
Best Regards,
_____________"
- bfish510 14y agoEven just an automated response to know it arrived to the correct place. Treat the application like TCP rather than UDP.
- madisonmay 14y agoHaha, I love the network protocol analogies that crop up here.
- arbuge 13y agoWorks both ways in my experience. Whenever I was hiring I always got spammed by many candidates who were obviously sending out their resumes to large numbers of jobs without even bothering to read the descriptions or application instructions.
- alecdibble 13y agoThat's a fair point. In that case, wouldn't an automated reply be a fair solution?
- xtracto 13y agoThis reminded me of the time I got a Resume from someone applying for a software-engineering job. The guy somehow thought that putting "Sandwich Artist" as part of his work experience was valuable for his application. This, on a 2-page resume which could have been easily reduced to 1-page. I got the resume before the first phone screen... he did not do well.