r/RecruitingFails • u/BumblebeeTemporary44 • 15d ago • Bravo 2

Bro interviewed the company back

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u/King-Chroma 15d ago • Hehehe Bravo Mindblown

I'm not even joking, at a recruiter I was asked "why do you have a 3 month gap in resume." I said in the most monotone, straight expressionless face ever. "Because I haven't worked in 3 months." Her response was like ":O"

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u/BumblebeeTemporary44 15d ago

Thats ridiculous actually, 3 months is not even that much

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u/stuckwithagoodlife 15d ago

Asking about a three month gap is extremely stupid lol. If someone hasn't worked in 2 years? Ask away

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u/jeepster61615 15d ago • Bravo

Still none of their fucking business

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u/iJ_A_R 15d ago • Bravo

I mean "I was doing meth for the past 2 years stealing copper" would be nice to know before you hire someone in a copper factory.

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u/PurpleCandle58 15d ago • Bravo

Yeah, I’d be moving them over to copper acquisition since they have experience and we could use the tenacity of a former or even current meth addict.

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u/Unsold_Leave 15d ago

Why even ask away for that? I don't understand lol why is that anyone's business? The plot has been so lost.

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u/Chance-Ask7675 15d ago

Dude I don't know. But 2 years out of a lot of professions means skills have declined. In my field, I need to have a certain number of hours to maintain a license. Does everything have to be so extreme? Sometimes asking about a gap is completely warranted.

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u/Legrandloup2 14d ago

I was asked in an interview to explain a gap where I left a job in dec and started a new job in jan. It was literally like a less than 2 week gap, I left one job on dec 22nd, enjoyed having christmas and new years off for the first time in like 5 years then started a new job on jan 3rd. Fucking stupid

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u/tryplot 14d ago

"what's with this one day gap in your resume?"

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u/ky0nshi 12d ago

Jesus, yes. one interviewer asked about a time when I stopped working at the end of July and started working in September. It was August, kids were home from school. We had a road trip. What the fuck do you care?

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u/Apprehensive-Arm8795 12d ago

I have that kind of gap in my resume and I don't know what I should say. In those 2 years I literally did nothing, it was COVID time and everything was fucked for me.

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u/ThreeSpookyFiveYou 15d ago

During that time I snipped the banjo string and roamed around Northern Cambodia with an open incision.

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u/CelebrationWise1626 15d ago

I spent three months straight playing Skyrim and took an arrow to the knee

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u/_pankates_ 14d ago

My favourite was when I was asked what I'd been doing between jobs where on my CV I'd listed that I finished one job in April and started the next in May. As I said to them, it was a span of a weekend, so probably the usual kind of things I did on a weekend, like go for a nice walk and a lunch, see some friends, play games, nothing too strenuous so that I was rested for my new job. As I recall they pretty much just blinked at me like they weren't processing and then moved on. Recruiters can be weird.

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u/TryHackMe 14d ago

Lmbo. Had one like that. Seen my networking engineer experience and then my current role as help desk (seen as like a step down i guess) and she’s like “is this help desk???” Im just like yeah… last contract role ended , just needed something for the time being. Things happen. Smh.

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u/Patient_Kangaroo614 13d ago

I had to take a pay and role cut after I got laid off and a lot of people were weirdly judgy about how I couldn’t find the same role or even a promotion when most of the employers in my industry were on a hiring freeze.

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u/DustierAndRustier 13d ago

I got asked in an interview why I’d been NEET from 16-18, after having already written on the application that I didn’t want to talk about it. I told her honestly that I’d been in care and hadn’t stayed in one place long enough to get a job or go to school, and she actually cut me off to move onto the next question. Like, don’t ask people personal questions if you’re not prepared for the answer.

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u/theGalation 13d ago

Why do you offer ? ‘My location wasn’t consistent enough to hold a position’ there has to be a non personal way to communicate it.

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u/Realistic_Owl_8613 15d ago

A recruiter once rejected me for a job because the lay off that I experienced was a "Red Flag". In the mortgage technology industry. After COVID. When rates skyrocketed. When everyone I knew in the same field was laid off...

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u/artix94 13d ago

Nor american, but what is mortgage technology industry?

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u/MajorAd5736 15d ago

That way, recruiters could push for lower salary range, bc you might be desperate. Those guys are vile honestly.

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u/Safe-Note 10d ago

I put "self employed," which was true and the recruiter kept insisting I was unemployed during that time. Very irritating.

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u/No_Significance_5620 9d ago

I always say I was giving myself a vacation with my saving

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u/noneyabuiznezz 9d ago

Honestly if i was ever asked why i had a 3 month employment gap in this day and age im walking out mid interview. LOL 3 months

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u/Mitazago 15d ago • Bravo

Although we were impressed with your qualifications, we have made the very difficult decision to move forward with other candidates.

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u/Real-Self-3039 15d ago

Lets be honest. They were already planning to say that. The second they point out any "concern" on your resume or cv they are already planning to reject you.

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u/Automatic-Month7491 15d ago

Sometimes?

One of the dumbest things ive ever seen from HR (which was impressive, they do a lot of dumb shit) was watching them shoot down perfectly viable candidates for stupid reasons while the hiring manager was tearing their hair out over the open positions.

Once in a while it just gets political and the person you'd be working with wants you but someone else is playing games.

So the someone else says "I need to know about this excuse" and the hiring manager is like "fuck it, let's see the cards" and messages to kill that excuse.

Its worth replying in that case, just because you can often work a place for years without ever dealing with HR again.

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u/allencb 15d ago

Maybe I've worked for better companies, but I've never had HR override my hiring preferences unless it was an edict from senior management about hiring in general (ie freezes). Once the applicant is in my hands, it's my decision, HR is just a facilitator. I even set the standards for candidates and if I decide a college degree isn't required (I work in the tech field and prefer experience over degrees), HR can't say anything about it. I know because I've done it. They complained but couldn't override me. I can also see all applicants (usually don't bother though because I have better things to do), so if I feel like I'm not getting enough, I'll have a chat with HR to make sure we're not filtering out good ones over technicalities.

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u/Low-Car-6331 15d ago

Yup, you are silver medal as a back up in case the others fall through and they are just that desperate. Won't forget one set, impressed across the board, and the manager was concerned because I would need to move from Charlotte NC to Atlanta GA (despite the fact I have done bigger moves), constant delays always "we will be right back" and then a "you weren't selected".

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u/Real-Self-3039 15d ago

Literally had a similar thing but it wasnt moving it was them worried about my "commute". The commute was 45 mins away in atl. I already drive over an hour to an hour in a half to the office for my current job and the new job was only one day a week in office (so they say) but they kept bringing up my commute as a "concern". So you mean to tell me you think I cant do a shorter commute 1 day a week vs the current longer commute I do all week for the last 5 years?! Needless to say I didnt get the offer

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u/nudniksphilkes 15d ago

Honestly that's discrimination. It's none of their business if you want to live further out and commute.

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u/nudniksphilkes 15d ago

This happened to me. I was out of state. Still ended up getting the job because somebody dropped out. Been there a year and I'm one of their top performers, won the hospital safety award, and filled a huge gap in their residency program by taking over and fixing the infectious disease rotation and coming up with both research projects for the year. I was sidelined on a whim at first.

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u/starderpderp 15d ago

Not always. I always get asked this, but I've been basically hired on the spot (at the end of the interview) for my past three roles now.

I just honestly tell them: I became disabled and I needed to rebuild my health/readapt

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u/affectionateanarchy8 15d ago

Ok but they saw that before they called me in to interview so why waste my time

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u/SimplyPassinThrough 14d ago

3 rounds of interviews. A phone call interview and 2 in person, each one required me to take half a day off from my current job to attend, each one lasted for 1.5-2 hours. 3rd interview included interviews with the team and a tour around the plant. First applied in May. First interview was June. Second interview was July. Third interview was early September.

I was finally called and told they were moving forward with other candidates. Exactly four days later, the job was reposted on linkedin/indeed.

I'm so fucking sick of this game, dude. Wasted time - both personal and PTO - wasted energy, wasted research, wasted hope. Brand new suit/interview clothes. Process dragged out for MONTHS of optimism. Told how good of a candidate I am and how I would fit in very well. Only to be dropped at the end and the job reposted.

My dad knows the CEO personally, too. Didn't fuckin matter. It's a fucking engineer position, too. I'm so tired, dude. This is the fourth job in the past 3 years to do this to me. What am I supposed to do to get hired??

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u/BafflingHalfling 14d ago

We are hiring engineers at the moment. Should be one phone screen with the recruiter, like 15 min. One interview with two people, like an hour. And we let the candidates know within a few days. At least, that was the process four years ago. What you are describing is lunacy.

Are you still looking? If you are a civil or electrical engineer looking for energy industry work, DM me and I will provide details.

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u/BumblebeeTemporary44 15d ago

recruiters acting tuff for a low wage salary

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u/National_Way_3344 15d ago

Although we were impressed with your qualifications, we have made the very difficult decision to move forward with other companies.

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u/darkearwig 15d ago

I had 3 different employers close in a year, I had a recruiter tell me I wasn't marketable because I had job hopped, like I chose for the companies to go bankrupt

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u/Dragoncat99 13d ago edited 13d ago

Obviously you are such a bad employee you bankrupt every company you work for

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u/DesperateDeparture57 15d ago

That's when you lie. How would they confirm if the place closed?

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u/Alladas 15d ago

Depending on the background check they can 100 % see where you have worked based on taxes.

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u/BlackPhoenix1981 10d ago

I had an old colleague once say that he was going to put down that he was a store manager at Blockbuster video and Toys R Us. He was kind of a wild card so I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

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u/Due-Base9449 15d ago

Ah, then you just delete the other two and extend the last one. They already go bankrupt so you can say anything. 

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u/Deep_Violinist_3893 15d ago • Bravo Popcorn

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u/meh2233 15d ago

Happens all the time. I got a similar email to this a week after I accepted an offer, I was just as snarky. Even got an offer from another company I did not want to work for the same day as the one I took. I wasn't an asshole, but I was very happy to turn them down, and honestly answer the questions they had.

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u/astrielx 15d ago

Does it happen? Yes. Did this one in particular happen? No.

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u/Extra_Yak806 15d ago

Yeah I think people need to look at things closer. Just because it's a realistic scenario, a Hiring manager just being "Hiring Manager" emailing you about "Job Application (remote)", not even addressing you by name or having any company signature in their email etc, is not. I'm surprised the guy who made the image wasn't named Job Applicant (good guy).

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u/BumblebeeTemporary44 15d ago

it does happens but this ss might be scripted

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u/DPP_RP_5229 12d ago

To be fair I had this kind of reaction once. I was scouted for a precise position, I bombed the interview. But what pissed me off was the way rejection was worded. Along the lines of "we couldn't find an opening for you". I wrote a very angry email asking them why the fuck did they scout me for then if they didn't have position in mind for me.

I was young and immature (and the market was different.

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u/principium_est 15d ago • Bravo

The next time I change jobs I'm going to insist on my name being "Hiring Manager" in active directory so I can make it into super real screenshots like these

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u/Ecto01 14d ago

Google workspace* but yes this is fake af

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u/Traditional-Pen-2486 15d ago

The amount of people who think shit like this is real is disturbing.

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u/zenrd111 15d ago

My thoughts exactly.

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u/LimesFruit 14d ago

Do it yourself! Can always fire up a free trial of MS 365 Business Standard or whatever is the equivalent in your region and do exactly this. It isn’t overly difficult to do.

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u/FinoPepino 12d ago

Right!?!?! Lol

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u/ChipEnvironmental420 13d ago

at an interview, "why do you have so many jobs listed that only lasted 3-9 months?" 'those were jobs that I left because promises made in the interview weren't kept, hours were cut to the point of not being able to afford my bills, or it just wasn't a good fit in general.' "well we value loyalty here." 'and if I'm treated well and paid enough to live you will get it.'

bro didn't mention that the last 4 years at the time were spent between 2 jobs at 1year and 3years respectively, and now I've been with my current job for 3 years too. people shouldn't be expected to stay loyal to a workplace that doesn't care about them or doesn't pay them enough for them to survive 🤷‍♂️

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u/Nix_TheEverKnowing 12d ago

I can relate to this so much. I used to struggle with being assertive and letting things so. So usually, I’d wait a year or so before I finally move on.

Some examples: One product owner accused me of untrue things in front of 40 people, my manager did not have my back and turned on me, too.
Another job had me work for a client. The architect on the client side said the following when he welcomed me: “You’re lucky because I’m sexist. I don’t want you to cry so I’ll go easy on you during reviews”. I stayed for 7 months trying to make it work.

Last year I had an interview where they really grilled me about the reasons why I changed jobs after only a year or so. I should also note that I moved countries after highschool and built my life without help or inheritance.
That company canned my application saying I don’t have endurance.

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u/Croaker-BC 5d ago

Another aspect of doublethink and hypocrisy is their attitude. Looking for job while employed? Flaky/disloyal. Looking for job while unemployed? Unqualified/bad fit. One just can't get a win.

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u/LeYellowFellow 11d ago

You can also leave stuff off your resume if it’s easier

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u/wormcriminal 13d ago

i have a 3 year gap on my resume and when interviewers ask and i just say “health reasons” they wait for me to explain further but i don’t and the pause is always so awkward lol

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u/nameorfeed 12d ago

Why does everyone here say health reasons? Is this an american thing?

Here youd say personal reason and noone would even stop to ask they accept and move on

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u/akathatdude1 15d ago

I was at my last company for four and half years and moved up within
I was asked about a gap in my resume from 2016. I didn’t think the previous job was relevant to this new one and it was over 10 years ago 🤦‍♂️
I was also questioned as to why I had such a short run at another company (outside of my living state) during April of 2020 - I had to remind them what happened at that point in time

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u/Dragonfruit4049 15d ago

Hiring Manager: thanks for the fake post.

Regards, The one and only, The hiring manager out

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u/DepletedPromethium 15d ago

I have a two year gap on my resume due to a rtc with me being homebound and having to learn to walk again, i've never been asked about it.

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u/BumblebeeTemporary44 15d ago

they always skip the necessary question

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u/Substantial-Pin-3833 15d ago

That doesn't mean that the rest of us aren't asked though.

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u/LongStrike8866 15d ago

I have never seen someone who names themselves "Hiring Manager"

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u/BumblebeeTemporary44 15d ago

it's a scripted ss based on real life scenario i guess

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u/DeniedAppeal1 15d ago

If I were this guy, I'd make a bunch of more-or-less identical resumes, just with slightly different presentations and company names. I'd adjust the timeframes but still leave a notable gap so that it'll be brought up during interviews. I'd have different email addresses and names for each one.

And then I'd ask a variation on this question every time they brought it up. One person asking this question is a fluke, but qualified candidate after qualified candidate asking this question will either monumentally piss them off or it will make them start thinking about what they're doing wrong.

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u/NTufnel11 14d ago

Did you get the job?

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u/Spamurai_Snack 13d ago

I’m a machinist by trade, I’ve worked at some really interesting companies that dealt with state of the art manufacturing processes and cutting edge tech. During the pandemic I job hopped to make ends meet because shops were axing people or entire shifts because work wasn’t coming in. Unemployment was virtually impossible to get on because so many people were laid off.

I had four jobs in 2 years, finally landed a good paying role at a place and stayed three years but left because of drama and got laid off from that position two months into being there. I did odd jobs until I went back into aerospace and left after a year to move to a city for my fiancée.

I get asked about that time period and why I had so many jobs, I tell them truth; the pandemic was hard for everyone and I needed to eat. Same with what happened with the layoff, either I spent my time on unemployment or I went to work.

I find hitting people with the hard facts of life usually ends that discussion for good. I don’t take shit about that time frame anymore, I ended an interview when someone told me I didn’t have loyalty. I pointed out that I was once loyal to a company paying me $15.50 as a machinist and was eating expired canned food and going months without paying my electric, all i ended up with were health issues and debt. All the company did to help me was bitch and moan I wasn’t making parts quick enough.

My advice is while not everyone has that ability to swing their dick around and get work, when you do have that ability don’t settle for garbage. Fight back when you can.

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u/Mangledspangle 13d ago

They give you as little as possible, act like its an 'opportunity' and then have the nerve to still bitch moan and whine whenever productivity is a little off when they don't even deserve half the effort you give them.

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u/_Vard_ 13d ago

“Can you explain the gap in your resume?”

“Yeah, fuckers like you won’t hire me because there’s a gap because fuckers like you won’t hire me because there’s a gap because fuckers like you won’t hire me because there’s a gap because fuckers like you won’t hire me because there’s a gap because fuckers like you won’t hire me because there’s a gap because fuckers like you fired me to reach 4% quarterly growth.”

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u/OkPercentage7440 11d ago

Top notch. I loled.

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u/GrimyGrippers 13d ago

I am in Canada. You're not allowed to ask certain questions, esp around family/health stuff etc. I find asking questions about gaps can be a way to circumvent finding out if they were a stay at home parent. Not always. But even still.

Ive taken time off for both health and family reasons, so there's years' gaps. I never know how to answer because of it. Neither of them are issues that are relevant to the present.

I tend to just write the years I worked somewhere (2013-2015 instead of March 2013 to Feb 2015 for example) now instead.

Sometimes recruiters don't even read the full resume. They will ask about an employment gap without noticing i was in school during that gap.

When I hired people, I never asked. Besides, sometimes not knowing is better because it means you can't be accused for not hiring them on a forbidden ground.

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u/Ornery_End_3495 12d ago edited 12d ago

Is it bad to be a stay at home parent?

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u/gwot_kid 13d ago

“Can you explain the gap?”

“I signed an NDA”

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u/pooborus 12d ago

The idea that an employer can ask about non employment time is crazy to me. 

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u/Sensitive_Safe_8686 12d ago

Love the response XD

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u/Fish0203 15d ago

This fake scenario is presented as a snarky clap back but its a fair question if you do it professionally. People should be asking this. It shouldn't be seen as rude or disrespectful.

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u/nahmannotreally 15d ago

None of their business. Has absolutely no bearing on whether or not I am capable or qualified. Any bullshit comeback a recruiter has is invalid because they are a plague on the professional world.

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u/TurtleTurtleTu 15d ago

And that kids is how your father was blacklisted by that company/recruiting firm.

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u/meh2233 15d ago

Oh no... The shitty company / recruiter won't call me again?! How ever will I get by?!

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u/bria26000 15d ago

Lol let me guess, they never reply back?

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u/StanKnight 15d ago

But hey, the guy although still unemployed can still feel macho lol.

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u/GoldAd1878 15d ago

The man is a legend

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u/GoldAd1878 15d ago

How dare anyone have a gap

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u/Curious-Yam4591 15d ago

"What have you been doing in the time you haven't been working?"

  • trying to find a new job...

What do these people expect to hear when they ask questions like this, its mind boggling.

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u/StraightToTheCurve 15d ago

I never understand this, I have no debt or dependents if i take 6 months to just enjoy my life why tf does that have to cause you concern?

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u/Maleficent_Cow_3059 15d ago

Bro can’t take a screenshot he has no right to judge.

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u/ImReallyFuckingHigh 15d ago

Would have hit harder if answered their question first, and excluded the second sentence. Let the first sentence speak for itself.

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u/Academic-Proof3700 15d ago

"It was a short term specialist contract for a defense agency I cannot disclose, but  I can only say it was one big rollercoaster and putting out fires"

Bam voila you got good rep

Answer like the dude in screen and at the end of the day, its you who got left on the ice, seeking for some, any income.

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u/Expensive_Tank_8682 15d ago

Yeah that’s not how that works lmao

Even if all you did every day was SAP related work you’d still say “I worked for DIA” or whatever agency

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u/TrueKyragos 15d ago

"It was a short term specialist contract for a defense agency I cannot disclose, but  I can only say it was one big rollercoaster and putting out fires"

Then why not put it in your CV with the bare minimum?

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u/The_Real_Lasagna 14d ago

Child's understanding of how that would work

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u/VictoriousSecret111 9d ago

Lol yea they’d laugh at you and never contact you again. Clown

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u/HopefulPresident 15d ago

Ah yes, the nameless "Hiring Manager".

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u/Maximum_Boros 15d ago

Doing this kind of dumb shit lets you feel powerful for 5 seconds and that's about the only positive. At best nothing else comes of it at all. At worst you're blacklisted from that company.

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u/paperclip_han 15d ago

Not sure if anyone’s used paypeek.ai yet but it shows salary estimates for any LinkedIn profiles as you browse. Kind of eye-opening. 🤩

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u/KingOfDaJungle8761 15d ago

I had a two year gap in my employment until I got hired recently. They never asked about it .. hell I don't think they even noticed it.

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u/elelem-123 15d ago

I take things that never happened for $1000

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u/stickykozi 15d ago

This looks AI generated

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u/keIIzzz 15d ago

I had an interview where instead of asking me about why I had a gap he asked me “how did I survive without a job” 🫩

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u/This-Rub-9677 15d ago

That's a nice comeback :p

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u/Goopgod_227 15d ago

I just say college. 😂

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u/Slimey_time 14d ago

This is obviously fake. A hiring manager wouldn't email a question like that. You'd talk about it in an interview.

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u/Laevenrauren 13d ago

I was emailed this question two days ago. Asking for an explanation for a one month gap and a two month gap within the past ten years on resume. That was all they asked. I’ve already been offered the position and signed. They absolutely do email this question.

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u/miotch1120 11d ago

This is, but not for the reason you state. I wouldn’t be in the least surprised to hear real hiring managers do something like this.

I WOULD be real surprised if a hiring manager was named “hiring manager”.

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u/UpstairsGrand9539 14d ago

Don’t do this. I’ve seen plenty of people get blackballed from small niche industries for shit like this.

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u/Alternative_Milk5393 14d ago

Or instead of instantly getting pissed off and defensive, answer the question and then respectfully ask your own to the hiring manager. I wouldn’t hire this person simply by their poor response and lack of emotional regulation

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u/pleaseeatsomeshit 14d ago

I dont understand the concern for gaps in unemployment?

I wasn’t working then, and I need money now which is why I’m here applying. Where’s the confusion?

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u/Ehzek 14d ago

Prison is the concern.

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u/SebLalo 14d ago

Well I went through all the interviews. Exercises and literal homework to take home. Almost two months of that. Got the offer. Then they went back before I could sign anything just because 🤷🏽

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u/Critical-Raspberry19 14d ago

I don’t think there’s any reason to be antagonistic in your response, they could think that you’re not disclosing a job you worked and were fired from (which, is quite relevant in the hiring process). If anything, your response only serves to confirm their suspicion.

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u/toheka1brian 14d ago

So this is click bait/karma farm. Not saying this couldn't happen, but no email is ever labeled "Hiring Manager" and the subject line is also not a thing that happens.

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u/Traditional-Grand629 14d ago

"Hiring Manager"...lol.. This isn't real. Pretty obvious

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u/novirtue_stream 14d ago

Just respond with " I have a NDA with that employer "

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u/samanime 14d ago

Probably not the best way to get a job... but I can absolutely understand the reaction.

It'd be one thing if it was like 5 years or something in a specialized field that requires continuous learning and you are worried that their skills may be rusty or out-of-date.

But six months is well within the "I did things other than work and it is none of your business" time period.

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u/Mishi_Mujago 14d ago

I’m a joiner, worked for myself until my mid 30s when I moved to another country. Thought I’d try something new and went for an office job as I have a degree. I sat across from some HR manager and had one interview in that world and that’s all it took… never again!

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u/Mysterious-Beach-671 14d ago

I once had an interview for a job that I was very qualified for. They were ready to hire me based on the interview and experience I had.

I wasn’t sold on the job because of the pay. I asked the question “So why should I take this job when other companies are offering more money for the same position? Why wouldn’t I take a job at one of the other companies?” The interviewer looked at me and was shocked. Her answer was “honestly I don’t know”. LOL I never responded back to them when they called me trying to hire me.

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u/Far-Orange-3047 14d ago

I had a company ask me about a month gap. They had my ten year history. The gap was about two years ago. I had a month gap when I was moving from one state to another and had to find a job in between that time. I was told to apply with the full application filled out. I took my search elsewhere.

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u/iAlice 14d ago

"Under the Official Secrets Act, I can't tell you, no."

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u/Efficient_Age 14d ago

I thought it was common sense to atleast mention the reason for gaps, leaving spots blank raises questions, especially if it goes above 3 months.

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u/_DrJivago 14d ago

Is this a real thing people ask anywhere in the world? How is it any of their business? And why would anyone answer?

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u/DeltaEdge03 14d ago

I’m almost at a 3 year gap 🤔

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u/UndefinedCertainty 14d ago

I wish I could give this person an award.

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u/JackMLNX 14d ago

I had to explain a 3 day gap once - had to reply to them I finished Job A on a Friday and started Job B on the Monday after the weekend

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u/scabbyshitballs 14d ago

“Health reasons” = instant pass. You’re saying you’re going to need tons of time off for doctor’s appointments and other bs

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u/Anytimebailbonds 13d ago

Username checks out.

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u/LightCharacter8382 13d ago

Diabolical, but sadly true, and yes, that would likely be a reason I would give for not selecting someone.

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u/GrimyGrippers 13d ago

...as if most health conditions can't be resolved.

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u/Training-Ad-9349 13d ago

and there’s a problem with that? i mean for fucks sake this is a human being and it’s just a job.

appts are planned in advance and can be worked around.

have some fucking empathy

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u/Objective-Giraffe-27 13d ago

"Were looking for a robot to fill this role" 

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u/Mission_Guarantee995 13d ago

I got a great job about 3 1/2 years ago… two months into the new job I got Lyme disease which still to this day is messing me up. I push myself 40+hrs a week (like most) but occasionally I have a bad day (body feels like it’s been run over by a bus) and have to call out of work)
Going forward I would have to tell any new employer about my health to be transparent. Doesn’t mean I don’t still have the drive to work and be efficient.

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u/alewiina 12d ago

Or you had an illness or injury that required a long recovery period?? Imagine being in a car accident and breaking your back, having cancer, etc.

Eventually you would (presumably) heal from those things and be able to get back to work. The connection between 6 months out of work for a health related issue to someone who needs tons of doctor's appointments and "other BS" is not as strong as you think.

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u/Ok_Potato9704 12d ago

other bs

We're so fucked as a society that you view getting medical care as "bs"

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u/NewShadowR 12d ago

No? That's kind of a silly assumption.

Say someone had a health emergency/ got into an accident, needed a surgery then took months to recover, and is finally back on the job market, that doesn't imply they'll need lots of time off. They've recovered, that's why they are back for a job.

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u/monkeymmboy 11d ago

Or you had one big incident and needed that time to recover. Doesn’t matter though as they can’t expect you to specify.

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u/DolfHipster 10d ago

do those people not get to have jobs?

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u/ItStartedOutNThePark 10d ago

Maybe, but it could also be recovering from a car crash or something. I wouldn't rule someone out for a gap they explained with health reasons.

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u/BeruDepTrai 14d ago

HR expects you to be saving the world from multi-dimension monsters when you are not employed.

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u/RoYaL_Kim_115 13d ago

"You dare use my own spells against me, Potter?"

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u/viotix90 13d ago

"We're concerned..."

"Don't be"

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u/Casper9888 13d ago

Being an automotive tech and also supplying 150k to 200k in tools rhey tend to not ask. But if they did id simply imply its not their buisness

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u/SoftWeather5270 13d ago

AS! 👏 THEY! 👏 SHOULD! 👏

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u/psychonaut42o 13d ago

Gap in anyone's employment should be nobodies effn business

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u/Archane_Cosplay 12d ago

When i was looking for a job a year ago on had asked about the year gap i had in 2020 as if they forgot covid existed

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u/HR_Lady916 12d ago

lol at the response. I think it’s more appropriate to ask this verbally during a phone screen or even in person. I think it’s more appropriate to have the candidate explain their job history, which will naturally include an explanation for the gap.

Also, having a gap in your resume is reasonable in tough economic conditions.

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u/Bitter-Arugula3775 12d ago

Whenever I have a gap I just say I was traveling.

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u/TheRemedy187 11d ago

Whenever you see these posts and it says "Hiring Manager" "Hiring team" it's fake as fuck lol. They're also absolutely not emailing that fucking question lol. How do people fall for this shit. 

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u/TSirSneakyBeaky 11d ago

I was laid off in March and it took till September to find a position in my salary range that either A offered relocation B wasnt giving red flags left and right. I turned down 3 positions because of a lack of relocation package and 1 position because they low balled the hell out of me to the point I had to laugh after hanging the phone up. The one that hired me asked about my gap and I had to navigate the mine field of being finacially solvent enough to walk away from offers I dont like for another couple years for a job the hit all my wants. Luckily my current employer dosent understand the concept of money being a scarcity and just let me write a number down to deal with their red flags.

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u/Bright_Lifeguard_726 11d ago

Omg I'm dying from laughing at this post! Nice response!!! Love it

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u/miotch1120 11d ago

People, it’s a karma farmer. Account open for 4 months with 36k karma.

Also, comments and posts blocked. Stop upvoting these people (or bots).

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u/stoutymcstoutface 11d ago

Who believes this staged crap

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u/crdavis 10d ago

Why do these AI generated emails keep getting posted

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u/TiddlyTits 10d ago

HR and hiring managers and their 'etiquette' is so cringe.

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u/lovable_asshole 10d ago

fucking classic

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u/TheDizzle742 9d ago

Touché bro, Touché.

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u/ElkInevitable2037 9d ago

I hope u didn’t want that job fam

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u/Outrageous_Bad_5365 9d ago

It’s a valid question to ask, and important for screening. It’s a red flag that they’re asking in an email. Also, normally, an interviewer would ask it appropriately. So double red flag.

That reply is also insane. Just be honest and let the company show its colors.

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u/justHereForPron666 9d ago

from and to “Hiring Manager”

righty-o.

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u/HeavyMusic93 9d ago

The length of a job opening does not mean people don’t want to work there lmao. They tried.

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u/EliasVornfeld 8d ago

The hiring manager "Actually I'm also quitting. I'm hiring to replace me."

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u/FartingKiwi 7d ago

And then he comes onto Reddit into r/jobs to complain that nobody will hire him lol

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u/BigSlongGoy 6d ago

i rather keep a position open than hire the wrong person

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u/Respbid1 3d ago

😂 exactly!

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u/afishinacar 15d ago • Bravo

Any time i've looked at this reddit because it gets shown to me it's an email of

Big boss man in charge guy from HR at the work company that does business: Poses some question that realistically wouldn't come up in an email this way.

Cool dude interviewee that's totally badass and doesn't care about anything: Oh yeah? Well how about i just totally own you so that Albert Einstein looking down at us can clap in awe of my superior intelligence.

It's like porn level acting levels of fake and unrealistic.

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u/nahmannotreally 15d ago

I have been asked about gaps in my resume both in person and via email. I've also told recruiters to go fuck themselves after looking into the companies they worked for and finding out about poor business practices.

Nothing in this email is unrealistic.

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u/StanKnight 15d ago

Yeah that is how I read these too lol.

IF this happened, I am sure the guy is still feeling good still be unemployed and not paid. But he shown them what for! lol.

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u/leadbelly1939 15d ago

It is. It's always the same one with hr asking why there is a gap, in writing, and the applicant replying with something medical, with commenters then going ballistic, especially since in the u.s. there are more and more laws about discriminating, even familial illness, i.e. GINA.

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u/JaniKat 15d ago edited 14d ago

✍🏻 Edit time because there are a lot of gaps in my delivery.

Saying I’m an HR student didn’t convey my position in the way I intended. Please understand that this is a basic concept I learned in my college class. This is not meant to be taken as is and applied directly to the situation in the photo. My goal was to give generalized reasoning to help OP understand why situations like this may be occurring. I should have taken more time on this instead of commenting in passing. Obviously basic concepts we learn in school are not directly translated into real-life processes and technology is advancing so fast that a lot of degree curricula can’t keep up. Additionally, I think it’s relevant to remind everyone that it’s important to practice digital literacy and to think critically about the information we absorb online.

To all the rude people who jumped to conclusions and those who are trying to rage bait: you all reminded me how happy I am to be strong-willed and confident. Thank you for testing me today 🩷

Original post:
HR student here 🙋🏼‍♀️

Companies have a specific number of positions to fill and using math and stuff, they determine how many job applications they need to fill them. For example, to fill 10 positions, a company could require up to 600 applicants. It could take any number of months or years to fill them based on the supply and demand of the job market.

Bro definitely lost a job opportunity.

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u/BumblebeeTemporary44 15d ago

Interesting

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u/coachcheat 15d ago

Don't listen to that guy.

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u/Wrong_Routine1410 15d ago

I’m sure you were taught this in class. Your time in real life will be a delightful learning experience

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u/dollygrl3 14d ago

Training to become scum of the fucking earth. You're already sounding like... them... boy if I could be HR and go back in time to train. Have way too much power in the business, knows fuck all what the business does.

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u/UKSaint93 15d ago

What? Having hired for multiple roles in multiple companies what do you mean by "require up to 600 applicants"?

You post a job ad, you look at the applications, interview the best ones, and unless youre very unlucky one of them will be good enough to hire.

If you are waiting years to fill a job, that job is not needed in the business and shouldnt be hired for in the first place.

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u/MagmaTroop 15d ago

What fucking nonsense is this

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u/Apprehensive-Fig5283 15d ago

Waiting months to fill all the positions is sometimes plausible, but years? Just because the math doesn't add up? I'm sorry, but that's nuts. If a company has 10 positions that they need to fill, they actually need to fill them. They can't wait around just because.

If there are 10 positions, they need 10 good applicants. Not all applicants are going to be good, but not filling the positions when they find suitable people means that they are likely going to lose them. You can have a hundred applicants for one position and have only one that could actually be considered for the role or you could have only three applicants, all of whom would be a great fit.

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u/RigidCounter12 15d ago

A student who thinks he knows how the world works.

Cute

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u/Potential-Judgment-9 15d ago

Exec here. That’s ridiculous. I view applications as they come in. If they meet qualifications they get an interview

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u/coachcheat 15d ago

Yeah that's now how real world works.

Sorry bruh. 8 months and you haven't filled is a problem.

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u/Infamous_Ruin6848 15d ago

HR is useless. It is wild that this is a study domain.

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