Dear Hiring Mgr: Thanks for ignoring me
Dear McCrabby,
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In January, you published what you called your most-widely-read post ever, called Reject the Rejection. Is there a follow up to that? Is anyone out there job-searching, as p_ _ _ _ d off as I am with the responses from human resources departments?
Ignored 171 times this year (so far -- I"m on pace for one a day)
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Dear Iggy,
Yes, that article has been published in two magazines, and has been read 8,000 times just at this blog. It was well-received, and there were some follow up posts that related back to that article. You can review the series here:
The Entire Dear Hiring Mgr Series
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I Reject YOU
- Dear Hiring Mgr: Thanks for Ignoring Me
- Dear Hiring Mgr: You lost my resume??
- Dear Hiring Mgr: You Blew it
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I'm Soooo Sorry
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I dislike you!! A lot
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I'll get back to ya.. maybe
- Dear Hiring Mgr: There's a place in heaven for you.. for $12.79
- Dear Hiring Mgr: Don't call me; I'm busy..
- Dear Hiring Mgr: I'm Overqualified? Is that code for...
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"TO: Mr. Isaac G. Nooryu
Dear Mr. Nooryu:
I want to thank you for so quickly ignoring my recent resume submission. I have submitted 1,491 resumes in the past 18 months, and most hiring managers have sent canned responses, feigning interest, and indicating what a good candidate I am, no matter how unsuited I am for the position I apply for. In fact, I'm using some of those responses as references now.
This is our competition??
Your complete indifference in regards to my effort to earn a living has restored my faith in the personnel departments of human resource organizations everywhere.
And, since you are obviously ignoring me, the 50+ year-old candidate, with 20 years of supervisory experience, and the ability to hit the ground running, I'd like to congratulate you on your inevitable selection of the 30-something year-old kid, who has the masters degree he earned on-line and who took a four-day project management class sponsored by his last employer, with whom he stayed 15 months.
I'm certain that his Facebook Farmville game will have some kind of application to his work with your company, (I didn't know what that was til my kids told me), and his lower salary will pay even extra dividends when he requests a week or two delay to his start-date, to "get his head together" before he starts work
It's been curious to me, during my job-search, that my longevity potential has been questioned because I'm 57 years old, and people seem to think I'm too old to function, even though I was at my last company for 19 years, before it went under, and supervised multiple departments during my time there. How many jobs has your 30-something had since he graduated eight years ago? How has his longevity been?
I'm sorry that I couldn't put "PMP" after my name, or "lean six sigma" anywhere on my resume, but I thought 20 years of management experience probably should have suggested to you that I could manage a project. I would have gotten the designation, but I was too busy to take the two week course, while managing all projects in my departments for those past 20 years. I'm sure your new-hire has comparable experience from the classroom.
Hit the button, or just ignore it..
Finally, Mr. Nooryu, I want to thank you for not building up my hopes, not leading me on, or for even giving me a hint that I might offer something of value in the workplace. I know that my age is against me (it's OK, you don't have to say it, and I know you won't), so it's just nice that you didn't waste any more of my time, or yours, pretending you had an interest in hiring the person who could best do the job.
Stick to your keyword searches and your canned questions, hang with your PMP-requirements and your inflexibility to look at qualifications. It's the safe approach. Maybe I'll still be looking when your new-hire is moving on next year; I'll look forward to you ignoring me then, too.
Sincerely,
Will E. Wurkornot (B.A. - manages projects but didn't have time for PMP)"
---------------------------------------------------Thanks, Iggy. Good luck to you on your next interview.
And, good luck to everyone searching for work. McCrabby will be doing a GET TO WORKshop session n the next couple months; let us know if you'd like to join us.
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