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My daughter has been job hunting for a year now. She has good A-levels and has previously worked part-time for 2 years while at school. In the last year, she has sent out dozens and dozens of cv's and covering letters tailored to different firms. She has visited places to hand things in personally. She has done her homework on the internet finding out about the firms involved and using the information in her applications. She has practiced her interview technique. In all that time she has had 4 interviews and one job that lasted about 6 weeks.
This isn't a rant about how difficult it is for youngsters to find a job at the moment. But one thing really peeves me. Virtually none of the jobs she has applied for has bothered to inform her she was not successful. Most don't even acknowledge receipt of her forms. Instead, the closing date for applications passes and there's silence. Even ones where she's been interviewed have been vague about the appointment process. 'Oh - we've still got people to see of course' seems to be a common response. Then - nothing.
In my previous work, I've been involved in appointing people in the past. As a routine courtesy, every candidate, once the decision for an appointment was made, was contacted to tell them whether they had or had not been successful. Furthermore, unsuccessful candidates were offered feedback about where they did well and what could have been done better.
If my daughter's experience is the 'modern way' of doing things, I think it's very one-sided of employers to behave this way. In fact, I think it stinks!
This isn't a rant about how difficult it is for youngsters to find a job at the moment. But one thing really peeves me. Virtually none of the jobs she has applied for has bothered to inform her she was not successful. Most don't even acknowledge receipt of her forms. Instead, the closing date for applications passes and there's silence. Even ones where she's been interviewed have been vague about the appointment process. 'Oh - we've still got people to see of course' seems to be a common response. Then - nothing.
In my previous work, I've been involved in appointing people in the past. As a routine courtesy, every candidate, once the decision for an appointment was made, was contacted to tell them whether they had or had not been successful. Furthermore, unsuccessful candidates were offered feedback about where they did well and what could have been done better.
If my daughter's experience is the 'modern way' of doing things, I think it's very one-sided of employers to behave this way. In fact, I think it stinks!
