It
continues to amaze me, those seeking job opportunities, will never really
benefit from the ever-changing technology.
Although a rhetorical question, What
ever happened to old school method of someone greeting you from the job
opportunity company's HR and a representative from the requesting department spending
at least 15 minutes with you?
I
know, I know, we have recruiters and website software that supposedly
interprets our resumes. But really, unless that recruiter "knows" you
or the software really interrogates/comprehends the resume contents, I don't
have faith that a large portion of the job seekers will successfully benefit
from this technology devoid of face-to-face/human contact.
There
was a time around the late 80's that many companies suggested that
marketing/sales correspondence needed to be limited and face-to-face was really
the only way to maintain a relationship. So, this is what I am suggesting
to HR and recruiters get a face-to-face. No not a telephone interview.
face-to-face. It’s hard to gain any perspective of how an interviewer is
reacting without eye-to-eye contact. Many would agree.
Sure,
there will be many who suggest the telephone is a quicker method to limit
candidacy consideration but I would too say this. My Manager chose me based
on about 40% of what was in the resume, the deciding factor was based on
a face-to-face. He said he knew no one walks into most positions and
immediately provides the required bullets form the job posting. Why?,
because it goes back to story of the manager asking the employee to bring
him a rock. The employee brought a rock. The manager said, "that
is not the rock I wanted".
It takes management a period of time
(short or long) to mold the individual to there expectation. I too
believe many would agree with this excluding such positions in medical, Fire & Police, engineering etc. Professional Services and others are ones that take shape.
Maybe
some day we’ll see the return of face-to-face at many levels during the
consideration process.
