From the article: Top Reasons Job Seekers Hate Employers
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After Having Kids, You are a Liability
- I have applied for quite a few positions after being out of the workforce for 7 years. I have been a stay-at-home in that time to my children. Unlike some of my friends, I chose to stay home and raise my kids, rather than have them raised by day care providers. Apparently this is a mistake as I'm considered to have been out of the loop too long. I have great skills and am a hard worker but as a single mum I'm now considered a liability, ie. "what happens if your kids are sick?', 'oh you won't want to work full time, the city is too far for you'. I'm sick of the pigeon holing that because I'm a mother that suddenly I'm a lost cause and my skills are no longer valid. If anything, having kids has honed my problem solving, multi-tasking and organizational skills. I have plenty to offer the right company and I'll be damned if I'll relegate myself to being a cashier at the supermarket (no offence to cashiers) when I have valuable and specialised skills.
- —Guest Motherof2
Automated Applications
- When I was last looking for work I had the "pleasure" (cough, cough) of dealing with the automated application processes. In addition to what has already been mentioned, two things stand out: 1. Posting required "degree in xxx." I happen to have a master's in xxx, but the system rejected me because I didn't have a bachelor's in xxx. If I'd said otherwise, of course, they could eventually fire me for lying. 2. My interests and talents lend themselves to several different areas within a particular industry. Too many systems, though, allow only one copy of your resume to be on file. So much for targeting it toward each job!
- —Guest Dave
Fired After Two Weeks
- I was hired at a local company to do CSR type work after a phone interview and two separate in-person interviews. I was told I would be trained over the course of the next two weeks by my supervisor. I had a half day of orientation the first day, an hour or two the second and third day tops and that was pretty much it. After just two weeks, I was let go because I was "still struggling with the job duties". They have no one to blame but themselves!!
- —Guest Sapphire
Had Enough
- I"ve had it. I'm still out there trying, but only for jobs that I WANT, and if they don't want to hire me, oh well. I'll draw a while, and then lose my house. Nobody benefits from that. Banks don't, taxpayers don't, I don't. But I don't care anymore. Life is short, and I'm going to enjoy it. I'm not going to have much money, but I'm not going to be miserable, either, working for somebody who thinks they're doing me a favor by hiring me. If you need me, hire me and treat me good. If not, I dern sure don't need you either!!!!!
- —Guest fedup
Computers Only
- Does anyone use paper applications anymore? Honestly, I do not trust sending applications over the internet.
- —Guest Dreamer
NOW Hiring!
- Employers, Please take these signs DOWN if you are no longer hiring!
- —Guest Dreamer
I Disappoint Employers...
- Because I'm legal citizen of the United States who is hispanic, is brown and has a Latino sounding last name. It's frustrating when I get passed over because they think I'm an illegal and they think. "Hey cheap labor" then they do the E-Verify and then bam, disappointment. I can't tell you how many times I've heard "We're not interested". 19 and can't stand employers and how they treat me.
- —Guest Henry Roderiguez
Unprofessional Behavior
- I hate employeers that put potential candidates through multiple interviews and don't both bother to contact that candidate as to their hiring status. I interviewed with 5 different people at a well-known NYC hospital and was never contacted to be told that I didn't get the job. The HR recruiter didn't both to respond even after I made two attempts to find out the status of the application after the 5 interviews. Employees are discarded and treated as if your time simply didn't matter at all.
- —Guest louise
Manager Friends
- I see a lot of managers that would hire a friend instead of someone who qualifies for the job. It's so hard when you are a women that's older and seeking work in all male environment that knows her job better then the male.
- —Guest margie
Employers: Small-Minded and Out of Touch
- The application processes for even the low paying jobs are a joke. I had to fill out a 50 question form in addition to the regular employment form for five big box retailers. Employers love whiz-bang "technology" to 'ease" the hiring process with idiotic personality tests and other things that are completely irrelevant to actual job experience or education. The problem is not the applicant who's trying their best to get jobs in a lousy economy brought on by criminal banking cartels. The problem is crass employers and a political establishment that tell them to stop whining. It's employers that look for ways to "weed out" applicants that don't fit their island establishments instead of trying to find ways in which an applicant DOES fit. They also insult an applicant's intelligence by telling them the job "wasn't a fit" for them. They're making people's lives miserable looking for the perfect employee since, apparently, the world revolves around the corporate person's business needs.
- —Guest Will J. Tanner
HR Managers That Waste Your Time
- Today I had a quick skills telephone interview for an administration position with a local company. After completing the interview, I was told I would be contacted next week to be told when they would like me to come in to the company offices for an interview. Two hours after my telephone interview I received an email to say that my application was not successful because "I did not meet the criteria"! Well, if that is the case why the hell was I given a telephone interview to ask me about my previous experiences in admin / I.T., and after completing the interview get told that they wanted me to go in for an interview?!? It makes me wonder what skills / qualifications you need to work in HR - I suspect a lack of common sense!
- —Guest Pete
All Hours?
- Some employers ads seem to believe folks don't have a life and want you to be available day, night and weekends. I do have others things to do, you know!
- —Guest Kris
Human Resources is the Devil
- The job market is horrible and employers are taking advantage of jobseekers. They make candidates make up a username and password to apply for one position.(Let's keep it real, you have no reason to return to the website after you have submitted your resume for a job). Once you have spent 25 minutes or more filling out an online application, you receive the "thank you for your interest but you didn't get considered" email. Why is it that computers are selecting candidates to receive a call back for an interview? Most of these companies don't have that type of technology to do the actual job. Eventually I'm going to make my own job, but i need the financial resources to get there. Human Resources is the devil especially -- in CA,OH,and MI.
- —Guest D.Henderson
I Hate Employers
- I'm 20 years old and have been looking for work since age 16. Employers have never given me a go.
- —Guest Nick
Low Emotional Intelligence and Bullying
- Employers do not reward effective communication and respectful behavior. Mission, value, and vision statements are things to flesh out the website or business plan. There is no patience. Companies focus on people's assumed flaws rather than problems like inadequate resources, proper use of skills, or staffing levels. Managers verbally abuse employees on a regular basis in front of others without any consequences. Managers use verbal abuse and micromanaging to force results without any mentoring or to punish people they just don't like. Employers add responsibilities, longer hours, and productivity requirements without pay increases, training, lunch, vacation, career development, work-life balance, or a simple thank you. It's rough when you have to deal with an aggressive boss and passive aggressive co-workers that hate going to work. It's a total buzz-kill after starting a new job with excitement and seeing how miserable people are at work.
- —Guest Josh
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