http://lindsayolson.com/how-not-to-ask-for-help-in-the-job-search/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 15 May 2012 23:16:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lindsayolson.com/how-not-to-ask-for-help-in-the-job-search/comment-page-1/#comment-5561 How Desperation Hurts Your Job Search Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:53:01 +0000 http://lindsayolson.com/?p=1459#comment-5561 [...] as Lindsay Olson shows us in her recent post How Not To Ask For Help In The Job Search, desperation is not only extremely difficult to overcome when you are looking for work, but it is [...] [...] as Lindsay Olson shows us in her recent post How Not To Ask For Help In The Job Search, desperation is not only extremely difficult to overcome when you are looking for work, but it is [...]

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]]> http://lindsayolson.com/how-not-to-ask-for-help-in-the-job-search/comment-page-1/#comment-586 HRM Today - Blog Archive » 93 Most Linked To Articles of Top Job Search and Career Blogs Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:55:44 +0000 http://lindsayolson.com/?p=1459#comment-586 [...] How Not To Ask For Help In The Job Search from Lindsay Olson [...] [...] How Not To Ask For Help In The Job Search from Lindsay Olson [...]

]]> http://lindsayolson.com/how-not-to-ask-for-help-in-the-job-search/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Lindsay Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:56:23 +0000 http://lindsayolson.com/?p=1459#comment-585 Tow, I understand job seekers frustration when they don't get callbacks from their resumes and cover letters when applying for positions from HR and recruiting specialists, but realistically, it's impossible for HR and recruiting to respond individually to every single job inquiry or application. Many times we receive resumes from people who are just applying to anything and everything they see without even considering what they are applying for. If the candidate is called in for an interview and has had a meeting with the company, then yes, the interviewers should be kind and professional enough to let the candidate know where they stand in the interview process and if they are being considered or not. If possible, it would be helpful to give some specific feedback to help the candidate in the future. Companies that don't do this and ignore candidates after their interviews risk damaging their employer brands. And it's just plain rude. Many times though, not getting the job doesn't have anything to do with qualifications, but rather the personality or "cultural fit" for a position. It's important that both candidates and HR/Recruiting Managers have an understanding of how the process works, otherwise, we all end up having these "HR is evil" and "Candidates don't get it" attitudes. Tow, I understand job seekers frustration when they don’t get callbacks from their resumes and cover letters when applying for positions from HR and recruiting specialists, but realistically, it’s impossible for HR and recruiting to respond individually to every single job inquiry or application. Many times we receive resumes from people who are just applying to anything and everything they see without even considering what they are applying for. If the candidate is called in for an interview and has had a meeting with the company, then yes, the interviewers should be kind and professional enough to let the candidate know where they stand in the interview process and if they are being considered or not. If possible, it would be helpful to give some specific feedback to help the candidate in the future. Companies that don’t do this and ignore candidates after their interviews risk damaging their employer brands. And it’s just plain rude.
Many times though, not getting the job doesn’t have anything to do with qualifications, but rather the personality or “cultural fit” for a position. It’s important that both candidates and HR/Recruiting Managers have an understanding of how the process works, otherwise, we all end up having these “HR is evil” and “Candidates don’t get it” attitudes.

]]> http://lindsayolson.com/how-not-to-ask-for-help-in-the-job-search/comment-page-1/#comment-584 tow Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:58:04 +0000 http://lindsayolson.com/?p=1459#comment-584 dear lindsay. easy and straightforward to make mark this a worst case example. However it might be possible to avoid similar desperation, if HR specialists and headhunters would take the time to develop customized feedback on strength and eventual weaknesses regarding the benchmark with the specific job application. This instead of the "faked customized" standard response letters would help applicants to understand better their "positioning". Now unfortunately it is not them to pay the HR consultant services. dear lindsay. easy and straightforward to make mark this a worst case example. However it might be possible to avoid similar desperation, if HR specialists and headhunters would take the time to develop customized feedback on strength and eventual weaknesses regarding the benchmark with the specific job application. This instead of the “faked customized” standard response letters would help applicants to understand better their “positioning”.
Now unfortunately it is not them to pay the HR consultant services.

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