Why Won't Corporate Recruiters Talk to Me?
I hear that question almost every day from job seekers. "I read their job posting. I'm qualified. I applied through their web site. I hit the submit button and then nothing. No confirmation by email. No 'thank you for applying' email. No rejection letter. Nothing."
Could we as a profession be more rude? Could we as a profession be more short sighted? In addition to these complaints by job seekers, I also hear human resource professionals complain about not having a seat at the table when senior management is making strategic decisions. Could it be that senior management doesn't like how HR treats the biggest fans of their organization -- people who want to work with them? Could it be that the way HR treats those fans -- many of whom are or at least used to be customers -- is the same way that they treat their colleagues in other departments?
Rather than HR complaining about not having a seat at the table, how about if they spent just a little of that energy treating their candidates with the respect that they deserve. If your sister, mother, or grandmother applied to work for your organization as you ask most candidates to apply, would you be proud of how your organization treats your loved one? And if you're not, then why are you putting the loved ones of others through that process?
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