0 HR tells McCrabby how you can kill your job-search

HR tells McCrabby how you can kill your job-search

Dear McCrabby,

I'm in HR, responsible for hiring staff for a large company.  I have read, with great interest, the thread in the LinkedIn Jobs Group on your Reject the Rejection post (View it HERE), and while you've taken a few shots at those of us trying to do a tough job, I understand that you're basically "on the side" of the job-seeker.  I'm thick-skinned and can take the heat.

However, I've dealt with the following, and I'd like to know if you're "on their side."  In the past year, I have had job seekers, who are in our office for an interview, do the following:

• interviewed for an entire hour, with a blinking blue-tooth on her face


• "hit on" receptionist as he left (asked her to lunch)


• displayed so much cleavage, it made us nervous when she reached for her resume


• showed up in jeans and tennis shoes for a B2B sales position


• had a 3-day beard growth


• handed over a resume on pink paper, with a smiley face drawn on the front


• had eleven piercings (that we could SEE)


• had a tattoo (on his face)


• wore a shirt that was so tight, the buttons looked like they were fighting the material (a guy)


• had a body odor that filled the room


• brought a fast food lunch, and ate during the interview, claiming he hadn't had time to eat yet today


• wouldn't leave when he was told the interview was over


• asked if she could smoke during the interview


• dropped the f-bomb more than once, when talking about past employers


• brought a girl-friend to the interview and asked her to stay in the lobby (she fell asleep)

McCrabby, we HR folks know how frustrating it is for the job-seeker.  I just thought you might like to hear some more of what we go through.

Hiring in Hartford

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Dear Hiring,

Thanks for your list;  As someone who used to hire, McCrabby could add a couple:

1. had a guy misspell, on his resume, the city he lived in


2. interviewed a woman who had each fingernail hand-painted with a little scene (each different), making McCrabby wonder how much time she had on her hands (get it??)

So, we get it, Hiring.  It's a tough job.  Let us just make one request.  If you DO grant an interview, at least respond to those people, in a reasonable time frame, with what their status is.  We don't expect you to respond to every resume, but if you interview five people, at least respond to those five.  That isn't too much to ask, is it??  You'll gain some additional respect and a little bit of gratitude, even from those that don't get the job.

Thanks for reading and for writing.

And, good luck to all job-seekers.  Hopefully, we'll all understand one another a little better.

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