I'm afraid I don't buy it. With everything being done online all the company has to do is drop the email they received in to a watch folder when they decided they don't want to interview that person and have it automatically send out a form letter. No more work then dropping it in the trash folder.
I had an interview in London for a job that had 1100 applicants and this was a specialist position.
Scott
Scott
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On 28/09/2014, at 6:27 AM, Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> the reason there is less aknowledgement of a submitted resume/CV, or job
> application is because in those countries with higher unemployment rates, as
> in the very countries you mentioned, they get absolutely deluged with
> incoming resumes and applications for every single position.
> I was talking with an Irish fellow a year or so ago, and he had been in
> canada for 2 years working as an electrician. He said back in Ireleand, he
> applied on a Manager job at a local Burger King. he said they got 400
> applications on the position, and over 200 people showed up for the meet and
> greet session.
> That gives you an idea of how bad things are when a licensed schooled
> electrician is applying for a fast food job, and also that 400 people
> applied for it.
> So, think of it this way: you are the store or perhaps district manager for
> Burger King. You need a manager at one of the stores. You advertize online
> and maybe in the local papers if you have the budget for it. You get 400
> applications in the space of say 3 days for that one position. You have
> yourself, and perhaps 2 other people who can process those applications and
> make decisions on who to call back and who to ask in for an interview. You
> then have to schedule interview times, and in that industry the hours are
> rediculous so you have to schedule interview times with the appropriate
> staff who can conduct the interview and do it around their particular
> schedule. So, you can have an automated system, again, if your company has
> the budget for that because that requires an IT department to maintain and
> keep working...and all this for a slightly above minimum wage position.
> There is a cost analysis here that asks why am I paying 2 or 3 people to
> hire one person who makes less than any one of them. Imagine trying to send
> out 400 email replies and how much actual time that would take. You have to
> look at the application, copy down the email address and then create an
> email...even if it's a standard scripted reply, it still takes time.
> One person would have to work for over 13 hours with no break just to reply
> to that many emails directly.
> Anyway, just food for thought and perhaps a hint as to why you often don't
> get a reply if the company doesn't have a fully automated system.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
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