Nothing has changed. Job Seekers still feel the only strategy to get noticed is to send their resume to all the job postings that narrowly match their industry experience and discipline.
What happens next? You wait and never get any response.
I’m not surprised. It went to “The Resume Black Hole!”
Hiring managers and human resource reps receive hundreds of resumes on average in response to a single job posting. In many instances, they prefer to interview ten or less candidates.
Countless hiring managers and human resource professionals are overworked and not trained in best recruiting practices. They can either screen every resume and find the best of the best, or screen just enough resumes to get the minimum required to interview. Typically they choose the latter because screening resumes takes a lot of time and recruiting is not their only task. In addition, they feel most candidates are not qualified and probably did not comprehend the position description.
In the end, the majority of companies don’t even notify you that you were not selected. This can lead to much frustration, especially when you do not know who to contact for a status update. That is why I call it, “The Resume Black Hole.”
Tags: Black Hole, Job search, Resume