Can Recruitment Change With The Times?

You might as well ask if a Leopard can change his spots, as ask that question, because the answer seems to be an definitive no! Back in July I posted an article questioning the current recruitment model and I wondered if the upheaval in the O&G market in the last six months had brought any change in the way recruitment companies handled their role. If you are going to comment on the recruitment market you have to test it, so I have been responding to job adverts on several different online platforms. I conclude that it is worse!

Of all the applications submitted, all filled out and accompanied by a C.V. I had absolutely zero personal response. Eighty two percent did have an auto responder which acknowledged the receipt of the application but that is all I got. In my opinion this is a dismal failure on the part of recruiting companies.

There are two problems here that it seems the recruiting industry are not addressing;
First;            The client is not getting the best person for the job, and
Second;      The applicant is being left hung out to dry

On issue one, I was suitable for the positions, even overqualified, yet I never got the opportunity to present my case. I assume that my C.V. was weeded out by some recruitment algorithm and never actually viewed by a real person. Furthermore I strongly suspect that my C.V. never, ever, got in front of the actual client. So, I would suggest that recruitment companies are failing to perform for their clients.

Issue two shows a callous disregard for people as individuals. To be totally ignored is a disheartening and distressing position to be in and leads to feelings of defeat and depression. So if the individual ever does get  the chance to make his or her case they are coming from a position of psychological weakness and are unlikely to present at their best.

Under the current recruitment paradigm it is a lose lose situation for both clients and applicants, the recruiters however still make their money.