Tell Recruiting Employers When They’re Doing The Wrong Thing

It’s just like parenting. If you don’t tell them they won’t learn

If you’re applying for jobs, you’ll get to face lots of rejection. It’s just part of the process and you need to develop a thick skin, because although it feels very personal, recruiting decisions can be made for many reasons and for the vast majority of these you can’t do anything about it.

You might have all the experience in the world but if they’re stuck on experience in a specific industry and you don’t have it, then it is what it is.

My point?

Just because you get a no from a company doesn’t mean you need to throw your toys out of the pram or sulk. You don’t need to rage at the recruiter about why you should have been hired.

However, if you’ve been through a recruitment experience that was less than optimum than you’re more than permitted to advise the organization on where they fell short and how they can improve.

Let me give you an example from my past.

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I applied for a job in September.

I had an initial call with the internal recruiter in the same month.