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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I just don't understand how hiring and HR work. I applied for a job and shortly afterwards was asked to do an online pre-screening and after that I was asked to do a video interview. I was qualified based on the requirements and I figured I would be a good fit. I know there is a lot of competition though and there are no guarantees. After almost a week of waiting I emailed the HR contact and received an auto reply saying she was on vacation. I could understand why the process was taking do long. When she got back she emailed me and said they expected to move things along that week. At the end of the week I recieved a rejection email with no useful info. The following Monday I emailed her again to ask for more details on the rejection and if she could provide any advice moving forward. Surprisingly she was on vacation again last week. She emailed me back on Monday saying that they wanted someone with more experience (I met their requirements in the posting) and that she had no constructive criticism to provide but my resume was great. What a frustrating experience and process and useless feedback. I feel like this person honestly just didn't give a #### and it is a poor reflection on the company.
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There's a variety of reasons but some of the legitimate ones that might pop up are, hiring manager is asked to do some interviews on roles. Hiring manager led to believe higher ups are wanting to acquire talent, but higher ups are actually just window shopping.
Similar to above, they look at external talent to compare to an internal hire. Sometimes it's literally just going through the motions to make it seem like it was a fair "promotion", but who are you kidding? It's obvious they're motions from people on the inside and the internal talent likely wasn't the most qualified.
The vacation thing (if it bothers you) might be due to certain companies right now trying to force their employees to use up vacation so they don't have to carry forward too much vacation to 2021.
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Yeah that's awful. Sometimes HRs hands are tied and it's down to the director and manager of the department you're applying into, and either they are bat#### crazy or there are some shenanigans going on. You probably dodged a bullet.
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Yep. Basically this as well.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
I wouldn't be that quick to judge, and this is coming from a guy who judges up a storm. Things are changing so fataing fast in the world right now. You could easily lose a huge contract or need to shift directions to stay competitive. There are just so many possibilities and you have to be flexible and ready to pivot. Frankly, I'd fire somebody for being inflexible long before I'd fire somebody who is prepared to shift focus as required.
I feel for you guys looking for work. It must be so hard and that would be a kick to the nuts to have an opportunity evaporate like that.
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It's not fun for sure. I've even heard some strange stories of companies refusing to hiring certain candidates because they don't want to pay the recruiter the finders fee. Some waited for the duration to expire on certain candidates and "head hunt" them "themselves" after a specific amount of time has passed. That's a dick move to certain recruiters.
This environment is pretty crappy for job searches for sure.