Re: job-hunt weirdness

[Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>]

Yeah, me too, but this particular case, it's a big corporation, and
I'm pretty certain that the multiple listings are the result of
standard and inflexible HR procedures.

I'm also pretty certain that the first time I applied my resume didn't
reach the hiring manager.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Gene Kim-Eng<techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> When this sort of thing happens to me, the first thing I usually do is
> call the other people I interviewed but chose the first-place candidate
> over to see if any of them are still available.  Next, I go back to the
> stack of resumes of people I found interesting, but not quite
> interesting enough to put them in the top tier to call in for
> face-to-face.  It's only when I've run out of interesting resumes that I
> pick up the phone and order a reposting of the ad.
>
> Ultimately, the explanation for why any opening is still unfilled or is
> open again and you haven't gotten so much as a phone screen call is that
> your resume just didn't make the right impression with the person or
> persons selecting candidates to interview.  If you are convinced that
> your qualifications suited the requirements, the next step is to
> reassess your resume itself for clues to why they're "just not into
> you."
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Lauriston" <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
>>I got an explanation for one of those: they used the same ad for two
>> openings, and the second hire couldn't begin work as planned.
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