Are jobseekers ruining their chances?
I posted a new job on Linkedin for a company I work for this week.
Its a managerial position in the Middle East and I was hoping that we would get a fair bit of interest, especially as the job market is not great at the moment. I crossed my fingers and hoped for a good response.
As a marketer I do not want to have to sift through all the CVs of the job seekers interested in the position, so I ensured our HR email ID was included with clear direction to send CVs there if interested or had more questions.
Simple instructions, or so I thought.
I had a good response; in only 2 days I've had 68 likes, 20 shares and 13 comments.
Some of those comments have included referrals for colleagues they think might be interested in the role. Some have said they have sent their CV and looking forward to a response. But the majority of comments were things like 'yes', 'interested', 'review my profile', 'I can come for interview' or 'need anyone with x experience?'.
It baffles me that jobseekers do not respond to job postings as requested. If the post says email x then why post 'Interested' as a comment?
To me this says they:
- can't follow a basic instruction
- are not serious about the job
- are a bit too big for their own boots
- are just lazy.
It makes me question how they would cope in the workplace and would we want them in our company?
With so many jobseekers in the current market isn't it essential to up your game and ensure you're at the top of the list for roles you really want? And the first rule is surely to read the instructions before responding. Recruiters and HR personnel receive so many CVs that they are only going to look at those that come in through the channel requested - unless of course they struggle to find the right candidate, but even then the above individuals would not be front of mind for their searches.
This kind of behaviour on Linkedin - and it happens for both junior and senior level positions - is not helping jobseekers' potential to be hired, even though they might have just the experience we're looking for.
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1 年Jenny, thanks for sharing!
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9 年Yours is a superficial conclusion. A managerial job in the Middle East brings in many unanswered questions. Generally Middle East jobs depend on nationalities, experience, age etc and many people like me from the third world have stopped responding seriously though we may possess all the skills required. Be more specific, I am sure you will get better responses.
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9 年Interesting perspective, Jennifer! I get, on average, five requests every week from recruiters and their wording indicates to me that they're somewhat desperate. So if I just show the slightest interest they'll start calling straight away. Could it be that you've been taken as a recruiter and job seekers might have expected the same behavioral pattern from you as from recruiters normally operating on LinkedIn? And I would very much like to make the point that even though I'm not tagged as seeking new challenges on my profile, and haven't been for two years, I still get a lot of requests. Could that make job seekers 'lazy'?
formerly Senior Account Coordinator at Spiro, part of the GES Collective
9 年It is SO frustrating! I share your pain!
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9 年Jennifer Moore excellent post and really hits the nail on the head. Also Jerusha Sequeira has got an a great point as well. I personally have fallen foul to fake recruitment practices, so for me LinkedIn is only a place where I network and post articles. The biggest problem these days with LinkedIn is that there are so many people posting Facebook type posts which only serves to dilute the whole purpose of Linkedin.