Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. It is a choice what we choose to spend it on…respectfully

Not everyone has the luxury of spending their free time looking for a new job.

The biggest problem with ALL technology is the people using it. Heard someone the other day say, about the Bible, if you don’t accept God’s word as having authority over you, you will never follow it and, thus, never enjoy the benefit. Same with Applicant Tracking Systems….don’t use its capabilities and you will just look silly, incompetent, insensitive…you get the point

Valid point but careers, like life, are about Pipeline Management. You should always be networking, bringing your “A” game and the like because when you stop…even for a brief moment, it can be unforgiving.

Doesn’t your Applicant Tracking System have an option to automatically send a politely worded rejection email? Half the time, I don’t even get that. If I check the ATS dashboard or recruit view or whatever you call it, it still says “In Process” , so either the recruiter or the hiring manager never bothered to press the “not hiring this person” button. That’s not a workload issue. That’s just laziness.

If the employee was so turned off by the recruiter’s actions — or lack of same — why did they accept the job in the first place?

Because most people do not have the luxury of turning down work.

People can rationalize anything. An employee who walks off a job simply due to some slight — real or imagined — during the hiring process is no better than the person who slighted them in the first place.

The simple answer to your pen and paper question is; Yes. Be a professional or do something else. I NEVER fail to get back to ANY candidate I speak with even if just to say; “Sorry, (this company) has demonstrated how unprofessional, disrespectful and lacking even common courtesy they are….I can’t get you any more information so you know the situation….do as you please”

I also provide them with the contact information they can contact…who matters

Respectfully, I have led a full, rich and rewarding 40 year career and I have never seen anything as broken, dysfunctional, unprofessional and disrespectful as talent acquisition.

Ever. And internal is far worse because, for most internal recruiters, “recruiting” is a bullet point on a job description, not a profession let alone a career…it is a step to either a bigger job or the last step before being fired.

Just the way it…from small mom and pop shops to Fortune 100’s. All the same.

And they do it Professionally, Respectfully, Courteously and with Manners