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Awww. I got the same generic message today. Wondering if I should write them another and tell them:
"Hi,
I'd like to withdraw my application for the role [blah blah].
Neither you took the time to review my skillset and talk to me, nor the culture seems fitting or interesting. It also took you a long time to respond to my application, so it seems a very slow paced work environment.
Therefore, for now I've decided to move on with other applications that seem more fitting.
Feel free to contact me if you opened another role.
Cheers,
[Blah blah]" -
@rox79 This was for a job found on stack overflow, managed through recruitee. The job post was still open today.
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@rov3rand0m Hey, can you dm the job post? Just curious
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@harahara Bold of you to assume there were DMs.
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@c3r38r170 Haha, just found out dm's dont exist here
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@c3r38r170 I am perfectly fine with the fact they found another one. I do not accept a stranger talking about my skills without even communicating with me. I know those are copy pasted messages. This actually makes it even worse because they could at least prepare better messages. But they don’t care about people. They are quite inhuman to be HR
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These generic copy/paste answers are the worst! They all expect the applicant to write custom applications for them but are too lazy to do the same thing. They should be ashamed of themselves!
I wish they would also be honest about the reasons, I just can't believe that it's always "we've found someone else who fits the skill set better".
* A job application followup email I received:
Hi [programmerName],
Thank you for your interest in joining [companyName].
While we appreciate your application, we decided to move forward with other candidates whose skills and experience are a closer match to our requirements for this specific role.
Feel free to check back, as we are always adding new positions.
Best of luck with your career search!
-The [companyName] Team
* My (probably trashed) reply:
Hello
I personally ignore this precompiled stuff you HR people send.
I feel this answer will be probably trashed somewhere but I feel the need to write this.
You know absolutely nothing about my skills because you didn’t even talk with me.
Maybe I am not the best person in writing a resume or an introduction letter, the key skill appreciated in companies doing head hunting instead of building a solid corporate culture and cultivating talent. Or at least HR people in such companies.
Please consider that, maybe you didn’t like my resume or I didn't write a list of words matching your check list, but at least I honestly wrote my experience instead of trying to hack my way to a job interview writing a fake one that triggers usual HR patterns.
Consider that I do a job for a living and I don't live or have the time to make the perfect resume, I don’t even apply for all companies I see, I only apply for the ones I believe I can work well because I like them. I am not a professional job searcher, jumping from a company to another.
You keep posting this very same add since October 2019 and probably even earlier.
This sounds to me like:
- or your selection process does not work well and you end up hiring the wrong people
- or maybe your work place is not that good as you describe it, so that you have zero retainment despite your high salary.
But I cannot be sure because, guess what, I could not check personally.
If you want to talk about my skills and compare me to other people please test me otherwise don’t write (copy/paste) this offensive trash.
Best of luck with your career as a HR person in a tech company!
-A person tired of HR managers that do not give a f**k about the word “human” in their job description.
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