Tennesseer
Member Emeritus
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 21:58:42 GMT -5
Posts: 64,576
|
Post by Tennesseer on Sept 3, 2016 22:13:07 GMT -5
I once had a candidate's mother call me complaining I had not hired her son and wanted to know why. Her son was in his mid-twenties. I told her I was not obligated to tell a candidate's mother why I would not hire her adult son. I can think of a reason why. Too bad itd go over mommy dearest's head. It was the kindest thing I could think off at the time. Of course the guy who was farting through out the time he was completing the application in the office and lighting matches to burn off the stench never called back to ask why his application was rejected. I think he knew why.
|
|
NomoreDramaQ1015
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 14:26:32 GMT -5
Posts: 48,104
Member is Online
|
Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 4, 2016 9:20:25 GMT -5
I can think of a reason why. Too bad itd go over mommy dearest's head. It was the kindest thing I could think off at the time. Of course the guy who was farting through out the time he was completing the application in the office and lighting matches to burn off the stench never called back to ask why his application was rejected. I think he knew why. OMG. I would have had to leave because I'd be laughing too hard. Who does that?!
|
|
happyhoix
Distinguished Associate
Joined: Oct 7, 2011 7:22:42 GMT -5
Posts: 21,601
|
Post by happyhoix on Sept 6, 2016 8:03:54 GMT -5
You can always ask but don't be surprised if you get no bites and no replies. Honestly, any time I reject a resume or a job candidate, I don't have to provide feedback to HR and recruiting on WHY a certain candidate was rejected. Its reject pure and simple, no questions asked. So its doubtful you will get any feedback. But then again, you might....depends on the company, hiring people etc. What are your reasons for rejecting a resume or job candidate? Do you reject people that are qualified for the job?
You're not a loser. People get rejected for jobs for any number of reasons.
Our HR group screens the initial candidates for the basic requirements, so I don't ever see candidates who don't fit the minimum requirements. Those are the ones that I contact for interviews.
Occasionally one candidate stands out as being exceptionally skilled, but this is rare.
In a pack of equally skilled candidates, I've rejected people that I thought wouldn't fit with the rest of the team - people who talked about how they were always right and their previous boss/coworkers were wrong, for example (bad team player), or a guy who kept making demeaning comments about his 'little wife' and how unintelligent she was (would he act that way towards his female coworkers?)
Then there was the woman who listed on her resume under accomplishments that she was elected to be a 'sweetheart' for a college fraternity (??) and provided a glamour headshot with her resume. She was very pretty, but came to the interview (at our manufacturing facility, where the women wear flats and work pants) in four inch heels and an outfit that would be at home on a fashion runway. I didn't think she would be comfortable working at our very unstylish, utilitarian shop and was a little leery about hiring someone who thought her level of attractiveness was something worth including on a resume.
I got rejected for a job at a company run by Seventh Day Adventists - they found another Seventh Day Adventist to do the job. I've seen countless times when a good qualified candidate was bypassed by a relative or friend of some company big wig (sometimes with disastrous results).
Sometimes it can be as simple as the current team having a very successful employee who doesn't work well with a particular 'type' of person. For instance, our HR group had a woman who had been with the company for literally 50 years. She did not work well with young men, for some reason, so until they finally coaxed her into retiring, the HR group was all female. Not fair, for sure, but if you're managing a department, you'll go to great lengths to avoid constant bitching.
I don't know that you will be successful asking for why you weren't hired - like someone else mentioned, companies don't want to be sued.
|
|
NomoreDramaQ1015
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 20, 2010 14:26:32 GMT -5
Posts: 48,104
Member is Online
|
Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 6, 2016 8:22:26 GMT -5
Could also be hiring freezes. I found that out when I was applying for jobs at Creighton again from a friend who was still working there. I wasn't getting any call backs so I asked her what was up and she told me that HR had put a hiring freeze on. HOWEVER HR decided to keep accepting resumes for all these open positions in case "someday" they lifted the freeze. The application web site said nothing about there being a freeze going on so all applications were going thru as normal. HR saw no reason to put any kind of notice on the web site because then "people wouldn't apply". Well no shit sherlock. Incredibly frustrating as a job hunter. If I hadn't had a friend on the inside I would have started to wonder what was wrong with me that I couldn't even land an interview. It was also incredibly frustrating for the people looking to hire someone because they knew by the time HR got around to lifting the freeze all the good candidates that had already applied would be long gone and they'd have to start over. I've also found in my current job hunting expedition that A LOT of companies are very sloppy and won't take down postings or deactivate applications once a position has been filled. You can go MONTHS seeing the same job open on Indeed that you interviewed for and in reality they filled it with an internal candidate it's just whoever is in charge did not make sure all the postings came down.
|
|
thyme4change
Community Leader
Joined: Dec 26, 2010 13:54:08 GMT -5
Posts: 40,784
|
Post by thyme4change on Sept 6, 2016 8:53:17 GMT -5
Of course it is something generic. Telling someone their flaws is an awkward conversation and there is no benefit to the employer.
|
|