I changed careers and was inundated with recruiters contacting me..... a total n00b. Nice huh?
Not really, every one of them just seemed to be sweeping up resumes and names and faces and not paying attention.
I'd talk to them on the phone "no I don't have 5 years experience, just like it shows on my resume"...
One after another, total waste of time.
Then I'd get a bite, or even interview and ... some would just go radio silence. Man how hard is it even to send a cookie cutter "we went in another direction" email?
I wish I could have only talked to people who actually looked at my resume first and wanted to talk to that guy. Maybe it wouldn't be many but it would save a lot of time, looking for a job is hard enough as it is.
Meanwhile every job does require 5 years experience but I'm pretty sure they don't. I'd hear the actual job and no man a n00b could do that just fine.
Meanwhile my last job now requires a CS degree where really a high school grad who is mildly capable with a CCNA could do just fine, but they're still looking to fill my position a year later... They could have brought on two people for like 6 months to just try them out and but they'd rather not.
I'm fairly sure there's just a lot of busy work being made by HR and head hunters who have no clue anyway.
I changed careers and was inundated with recruiters contacting me..... a total n00b. Nice huh?
Not really, every one of them just seemed to be sweeping up resumes and names and faces and not paying attention.
I'd talk to them on the phone "no I don't have 5 years experience, just like it shows on my resume"...
One after another, total waste of time.
Then I'd get a bite, or even interview and ... some would just go radio silence. Man how hard is it even to send a cookie cutter "we went in another direction" email?
I wish I could have only talked to people who actually looked at my resume first and wanted to talk to that guy. Maybe it wouldn't be many but it would save a lot of time, looking for a job is hard enough as it is.
Meanwhile every job does require 5 years experience but I'm pretty sure they don't. I'd hear the actual job and no man a n00b could do that just fine.
Meanwhile my last job now requires a CS degree where really a high school grad who is mildly capable with a CCNA could do just fine, but they're still looking to fill my position a year later... They could have brought on two people for like 6 months to just try them out and but they'd rather not.
I'm fairly sure there's just a lot of busy work being made by HR and head hunters who have no clue anyway.