Comments on: HR gatekeepers keeping the skilled locked out http://www.EmploymentDigest.net/2006/10/hr-gatekeepers-keeping-the-skilled-locked-out/ Career news for experienced executives and technologists... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:19:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Liz http://www.EmploymentDigest.net/2006/10/hr-gatekeepers-keeping-the-skilled-locked-out/#comment-11889 Liz Thu, 10 May 2007 00:20:07 +0000 http://www.employmentdigest.net/2006/10/hr-gatekeepers-keeping-the-skilled-locked-out/#comment-11889 I hate the gatekeepers because they do not have any etiquette. If you do follow up with them, they get outrageously annoyed that you should even dare to all them! Most of them have no clue as to what their company's needs are, or even what their company does. They think they possess this power to just treat unemployed job seekers like trash. My husband won't waste time complaining about them, but I will do it for him. He has been treated like dirt by some of them--the worse one was from a radio station in New York City: when he went in to do a presentation, she made him use a kid's size easel! She was a snotty, know-nothing piece of garbage. He was a vice president, but regardless of your title, hr people and hiring managers have no decency. She was the worst, and we were glad to hear that the pressure of the job was too much for her pea brain and she had to step down and take a sales job. Poor sales quota--probably in bad shape. When I write a book, I will be sure to list all the gatekeepers who treat executives like they are invisible! It will be a best seller! I hate the gatekeepers because they do not have any etiquette. If you do follow up with them, they get outrageously annoyed that you should even dare to all them!

Most of them have no clue as to what their company’s needs are, or even what their company does. They think they possess this power to just treat unemployed job seekers like trash.

My husband won’t waste time complaining about them, but I will do it for him. He has been treated like dirt by some of them–the worse one was from a radio station in New York City: when he went in to do a presentation, she made him use a kid’s size easel! She was a snotty, know-nothing piece of garbage. He was a vice president, but regardless of your title, hr people and hiring managers have no decency. She was the worst, and we were glad to hear that the pressure of the job was too much for her pea brain and she had to step down and take a sales job. Poor sales quota–probably in bad shape.

When I write a book, I will be sure to list all the gatekeepers who treat executives like they are invisible! It will be a best seller!

]]> By: John Mallon http://www.EmploymentDigest.net/2006/10/hr-gatekeepers-keeping-the-skilled-locked-out/#comment-1256 John Mallon Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:07:29 +0000 http://www.employmentdigest.net/2006/10/hr-gatekeepers-keeping-the-skilled-locked-out/#comment-1256 The fact is, once you become unemployed it can be a bear to get some positive press. You need to become your own headhunter in a sense, and ignore protocol. Instead, find out who hires the people with your background, and connect with them directly, via personal call or email. But do not just shoot your resume to every HR person in the country, it simply will not work. The fact is, once you become unemployed it can be a bear to get some positive press. You need to become your own headhunter in a sense, and ignore protocol. Instead, find out who hires the people with your background, and connect with them directly, via personal call or email. But do not just shoot your resume to every HR person in the country, it simply will not work.

]]> By: glhoffman http://www.EmploymentDigest.net/2006/10/hr-gatekeepers-keeping-the-skilled-locked-out/#comment-1239 glhoffman Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:40:51 +0000 http://www.employmentdigest.net/2006/10/hr-gatekeepers-keeping-the-skilled-locked-out/#comment-1239 No one says this...but I think the blame should go to monster.com. They started it....by it, I mean the idea that one could simply start sending out resumes in the hopes of finding that job. Why HR people continue to use them is beyond me. The young people I interview are so jaded now...they report sending out 100 resumes and not getting one response! And they remember the companies that do this. Grrrr No one says this…but I think the blame should go to monster.com. They started it….by it, I mean the idea that one could simply start sending out resumes in the hopes of finding that job. Why HR people continue to use them is beyond me. The young people I interview are so jaded now…they report sending out 100 resumes and not getting one response! And they remember the companies that do this.
Grrrr

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