What happened to the days of common courtesy? Companies spend thousands of dollars each year employing Human Resource professionals to represent them in their business.
Human Resources staff members are advocates for both the company and the people who work in the company. Consequently, a good HR professional performs a constant balancing act to meet both needs successfully.
Depending on the size of the organization, the HR manager has responsibility for all of the functions that deal with the needs and activities of the organization's people including these areas of responsibility (recruiting, hiring, training, organizational development, communication, performance management, coaching, policy recommendation, salary and benefits, team building, employee relations, and leadership.)
The longer I'm unemployed, the more upset I become over the lack of consideration given regarding applications, and resumes submitted to companies for employment.
Let’s rewind and go back to the time before the internet. An individual looking for a job searched the local newspaper classifieds for employment, networked with former colleagues, or signed up with personnel agency.
Once you found a job matching your skills, you mailed your resume to the company advertising the position, and receive a letter back from them acknowledging receipt of your resume.
The general consensus would be if you were a match for the position, you would receive a call setting up a time for an interview. Or, you received a letter informing that the position had been filled, and that your resume would be placed on file for future reference. This is common courtesy, and was done at the company’s expense – the cost of a stamp.
Today, the internet has paved the way by eliminating the cost of postage, but does your HR department handle the simple task of representing your company well? After all you’re paying them top dollar for their services.
I have literally sent out hundreds of resumes trying to find employment. Yes, I know the economy is bad, and in the worst shape I’ve seen since I’ve been alive, but come on people; you have a job – I don’t. Have the common courtesy to respond back and let us know something.
They have auto responders that will do the work for you. The auto responder will acknowledge receipt of the resume, and once the position has been filled, it can reply back with “Thanks – No Thanks – The Position has been filled for you. All this is done with a click of a button. With technology this advanced – are you just lazy, or is this how you represent the company for which you work? We just want to cross you off our database, and move on to the next opportunity. It’s rough enough out here! Your insensitivity and lack of professionalism is shameful.
Maybe the unemployed should send letters to each company’s President, for whom they’ve submitted a resume and/or application, and inform them that they’re paying the wrong person to represent their company. Maybe then you’ll afford the unemployed with the consideration they deserve. You never know when the shoe is going to be on the other foot.
