SERIOUSLY, DID YOU REALLY EXPECT TO GET TAKEN SERIOUSLY WITH THAT JOB APPLICATION!?
Abigail Stevens FREC
Assisting Companies to recruit the best accountants in the world and accountants to move to their dream location, with a purpose of Improving Lives.
OK, enough is enough, I feel I really need to comment on the appalling job applications we see coming through these days. As the internet becomes more and more available to the masses, people seem to think it is acceptable to fire off CVs at a drop of a hat, without reading the job requirements, adding any type of covering note or checking for errors in the application. This is not sustainable and will only go towards getting yourself black listed and prohibit you being considered for relevant opportunities.
I have over 20 years recruitment experience, so expect I get more emails than the average recruiter, at about 150, per day, sometimes more, directly addressed to me. However, I know my colleagues are sitting at around 60 and the one thing we all agree is, we can not possibly read them all.
To help combat the terror of an inbox that is impossible to manage, I made a ‘’New Year’s resolution to unscubscribe’’. I am loving that one. Instead of deleting emails I am not interested in, I am taking the extra time to unsubscribe. One site wanted me to log in to do this and I didn’t have a clue what my login details were. When I messaged them to tell them that, they said ‘no wonder you set the login up in 2008’. Seriously, how many hundreds of emails have been clogging up my in box since 2008 from that one company! 2 months of unsubscribing and my inbox seems to be almost free of mailshot junk.
Now, I am going to make a stance on job applications, which account for over 100 emails in my inbox each day. If the person sending in the email has not read the job requirements and made any attempt to tailor their application, or is blatantly unsuitable, I will be black listing them, stopping them sending any applications again to us in future It is often the same offender that sends multiple irrelevant applications and this can only help reduce my in box. We all only want to work with quality candidates that do not ‘spray’ their CV around without any regard to how important this confidential document is.
If you are reading this and about to send your CV to 100 recruiters in one go (yes, even if you blind cc us we work it out), don’t do it!! Be selective and chose the best one for you and work with them exclusively. If you are reading this and about to send me one or ten applications for jobs without reading the job details and adding a covering email explaining why you are suitable for it, don’t do it, I do not have time to even open such emails.
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Good luck getting it right! Abigail
Just living one day at a time
6 年I am not a recruiter Abigail and I greatly respect good recruiters. The problem is that candidates inboxes are filled by recruiters spamming them with opportunities that they have clearly stated they are not interested in, in the odd chance that candidate has had a change in heart. As a result, candidates may feel that they have the right to spam recruiters back, in the case that the recruiter may somehow find them to be a good candidate (though I feel there is no excuse for anyone not to do their due diligence before sending through an application, both candidates and recruiters).
Service Delivery Director at Computer Data Source, Inc
6 年One thing I learnt from a candidate perspective, is do not be afraid to ask questions when sending in an application or CV. BE honest. If you are not sure if you are suitable for the role advertised, then ask pertinent questions. It will show 2 things, 1. that you have read the job spec and 2. will show the recruiter that you are a serious job hunter.
I build websites!
6 年Fair play and quite right!