Ok, now I'm going to do the complaint from the other side, as I've posted here I've been looking for a copywriter and a junior developer.
I posted the Copywriter position on Ziprecruiter. I've gotten some response which is great. But some of the applications and resumes are so poorly done that my jaw dropped, like to the point of completely unprofessional. Or its clear that they didn't read the ad and just are blanket blasting positions.
I used to feel sorry for people with poor resumes, but at least they were poor resumes that the candidate had put some effort into, and maybe needed some guidance. But some of these resume's just make me feel like these people are outright lazy, don't proof read, on top of it, only a few came with any kind of cover letters.
I've given myself a mandate of pinging the people that I don't want to interview with a email indicating such, but with some of these, I don't even think they deserve that.
Ok folks, again.
- Your resume is your selling document, sell me on why I should talk to you.
- Don't give me a date range the name of your position and nothing else, I'll chuck you out
- Do proof read your resume, give it to someone else to proof read, but sending in a shyte show of spelling errors, grammar errors and nonsense will not get you an interview and that's on you
- Do write a cover letter, it allows you to show interest, attention to detail, understanding of the roll and why you're a fit. Not doing a cover makes you look lazy or uninterested.
- If you're applying for a role, make sure you at least have some actual real world experience based on the job description.
I'm starting to understand why some of these hiring managers don't respond to applicants, its because the applicant looks like they don't care and they're ticking off a box on their UI report, or they've literally made the hiring person go "Ugh" you wasted my time.