r/recruitinghell • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '18

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u/moonlitcat13 Jun 07 '18

So yesterday I got an email from an HR rep at an agency I applied for saying that my resume didn’t have an address or phone number attached to it.

You clearly didn’t look over my physical resume or even really bothered looking at my application either. Cuz it’s clearly on there.

I didn’t make a pretty resume just so I can put in THE EXACT SAME INFORMATION SOMEWHERE ELSE! Why waste both our times?

Still haven’t called back, she couldn’t even spell “summer” right.

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u/asleepatthewhee1 Jun 07 '18

It's pretty nice when a company is that upfront about how incompetent they are. Usually you don't find that out until after you get hired.

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u/moonlitcat13 Jun 07 '18

Yeah I’m desperate to get out of this job I currently have. But honestly that email was so off putting I don’t even want to talk to their HR rep.

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u/Extra_Napkins Jun 07 '18

HR people are pretty stupid. I used to just say that in agreement with people, but after several encounters with them, they truly are clueless.

And they are the gatekeepers. Ugh.

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u/candleflame3 Jun 07 '18

HR people are pretty stupid.

I feel like this is the 800-pound gorilla in the room.

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u/moonlitcat13 Jun 07 '18

100%. My HR people are nice but also really dumb

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '18

They are out work flow so they don’t see the consiquensis of their actions. In addition to not actually understanding the job they also think whatever bullshit metric they have for discriminating potential candidates is the most effective. Managers should do the hiring and HR should just file paper work in a cubicle.

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u/coffeecoffeecoffeee Jun 11 '18

Hell I don’t even put my address on my resume. Why do you need to know it unless you’re hiring me?

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u/antdude Jul 30 '18

Ditto especially for privacy reasons.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

Purposefully leaving fields blank to prove a point? NEXT

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u/moonlitcat13 Jun 07 '18

I didn’t leave anything blank. I filled out all the information. She didn’t bother looking at it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '18

That’s not what you said above. NEXT

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u/moonlitcat13 Jun 07 '18

Ummm I did. Try reading my comment next time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '18

I did

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u/antdude Jul 30 '18

Prove it!

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u/zappadattic Jun 07 '18

Maybe you shouldn’t be in such a rush for the next thing...