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Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="DadMike in Maryland"]sounds like a SCAM[/QUOTE]

It does...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

Need to rant ... p>

So back into the job-seeking game again for the past 8 months, I am currently working, and I have had about 12 interviews (all IT ... p>

What has ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

Congrats Really, hope it works out, the East Coast is a tough job market....

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Crysthal in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic"]Hello, I want to know how long does it takes at CITI after the interview with a VP to know if you were hired or ...

College Degree Not What It Used To Be...

[QUOTE who="mary in Tampa, Florida"]I tend to agree with Major. I went "alltheway" in education and skills in the legal assistant industry. If I was fifteen ...

College Degree Not What It Used To Be...

The American Dream of college is dead, it is another hustle that is no more or less different than the mortgage scams that ruined this country. Go ahead and graduate within the ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="casey45 in Georgia"]I suspected this a long time ago. Time for the media to have an expose on this blatant discrimination against the unemployed. So strange ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

Went on an interview, and the HR manager told me:

"Wow, out of all the candidates, you are the only one that is working...that is good"...

I felt bad cause ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

An update...
I had two face to face interviews, they made all the concessions to wrangle me for an interview. They told me it was down to me and another candidate and would ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Nick L in Medford, Massachusetts"]'Significant'?? Try any LoL!!!

Self employment, Consultant = Unemployed
just like:
Credit Counseling ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Really Annoyed in Randolph, New Jersey"]No, I don't think so. There are so many people who work for themselves. They would be eliminating like half the country ...

College Degree Not What It Used To Be...

[QUOTE who="Tim_Johnson in Los Angeles, California"]I definitely agree with you. A college degree is worth absolutely nothing these days. I spent 5 years at a State ...

College Degree Not What It Used To Be...

Experience is what has separated myself and a couple of my friends in the sciences/tech industry in terms of job stability. I completely understand your frustation and anger ...

Why do staffing firms waste money posting Fake Ads?

Recruiters are used condoms, worthless. I have dealt with them off and on for four years or so, and as a last resort. They have failed me at all times, and I don't recommend them ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Nick L in Medford, Massachusetts"]and these same people look down on you if you if you don't subscribe to this lifestyle. How is it that kids working at McD's ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Nick L in Medford, Massachusetts"]All I hear (at least here in the Boston area) is how companies CANNOT find qualified people and a few years back the governor ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="DadMike in Maryland"]That's why this whole economy is soooo screwed right now- people have been encouraged to live beyond their means via easy-access debt, and ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

I think the next bubble to burst is the education bubble. College tution has increased steadily over the past 10 years or so, and universities have shrunk their aid packages, but ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

Vicque,
People here aren't rooks, they are prospective candidates who are very familiar with the ins and outs of interviewing. Like DLP stated, many come here to vent about ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Bosco in Orlando, Florida"]Nevermind, you obviously don't get it. Let's see, according to gmajor7th: everyone's a racist, only 2 companies HR departments have ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Bosco in Orlando, Florida"]Wow, you should really stick to subjects that you know because you have no idea what you're talking about on this topic. There are ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Bosco in Orlando, Florida"]Ah, the race card ... p>

So do you get asked about your race a lot in interviews becasue you've mentioned 'race' in at least 7 ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Bosco in Orlando, Florida"]LOL! Are you reading your own posts? So you interviewed the other applicants also? The circus you refer to was the circus you wanted ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Bosco in Orlando, Florida"]Seriously, just ONE company got it right? And that just happened to be the company that hired you? Need I say more?

What ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Bosco in Orlando, Florida"]Let me guess, this was the ONLY HR Department that you feel "actually knew what they were doing?"

None of the ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Bosco in Orlando, Florida"]Sorry but I just had to come back to this statement you made. So you're saying that a garbageman or a clerk should have to interview ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Bosco in Orlando, Florida"]Wow, you've got it all figured out ... once again, good luck in your job search.[/QUOTE]

Yup, I do have a good read on the ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

Ah Bosco returns...

I speak the truth in my post, I'm not the lemming you make me out to be. This is in all industries, from Mom and Pop(what's left of them), to the upper ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

This thread has been here for 2 years, and I'm not sure where any of this is going. I must say it's been fairly helpful for me during my phase of unemployment.

I am hoping ...

Certain Things BEFORE the interview

[QUOTE who="Displaced Legal Professional in Denver, Colorado"]Wrong. A job application is like a written exam. Along with collecting information about you, the app tests ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

The Interview Coach is so full of feces, it is literally coming out of his mouth.

Since we are at the end of the year, perhaps Jan. '10 will turn around for the market ...

How to get a job at Comcast.

[QUOTE who="Techman123 in Taunton, Massachusetts"]I have been applying for jobs at Comcast since I was laid off from Circuit City in January 2009. I filled out ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Really Annoyed in Randolph, New Jersey"]Unless you are fluent (or close to it) in a foreign language, your chances of getting a job abroad are going to be slim ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

Yeah, even though I am working, I took a crazy paycut at this new position. It pays the bills, but expenses are higher since I have to travel more, but what are you going to do ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="BigBoy in Centerville, Utah"]Wow, that's crazy. It only took me two 15 minute phone interviews in the same day to get my job with the Federal Government. Those ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

Yeah, but my friend that had the 14 interviews was lucky because that entire division he applied for was fired by CitiBank like a month later.

I don't even know what to say ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Will in Los Angeles, California"]Thanks for your notes; the company stated that since it was a "high" level position, I had to meet/interview the big ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Tamara in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma"]U need 2 B ESL Certified to do that and a native speaker preferable[/QUOTE]

Nope....English is my native langauge ...

Do recruiters/headhunters normally require you to tell how much you made at a previous job?

Don't deal with recruiters, only deal with the HR directly.

Certain Things BEFORE the interview

[QUOTE who="James Deer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi"]Hello there guys,

New user here.

I just wanted to ask a quick question regarding an interview I just did ...

How to get a job at Comcast.

[QUOTE who="jhz in Minneapolis, Minnesota"]I respectfully disagree. They screen for knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, and cultural fit. The technology available to ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Major_Annoyed in Randolph, New Jersey"]Gmajor, well my college and grad school stressed internships and I've done a few internships (paid and unpaid), plus my ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

Major_Annoyed, I'd listen to Will as he just offered sage advice.

To elaborate on Will's post, a degree "used" to be a safe-bet for work just on the strength of ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Mary inTampa in Tampa, Florida"]Folks, recruiters have no obligation to us - we are not their clients (the corporations who pay theirs fees are their clients ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="timeforchange in Jefferson, Georgia"]No you are not the only one. It is beyond aggravating. My time is just as valuable as theirs. I am going to stop using ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Mary inTampa in Tampa, Florida"]The issue isn't whether they should have notified you another candidate was selected. Sure, they should have. The issue is ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

Once again the names I listed were removed, I wonder who would be responsible for such a thing?

As for myself Mary, many of the interviews I went on there were, on average ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Mary inTampa in Tampa, Florida"]Let's get to the point. Every single one of the people you listed, are just doing their jobs - plain and simple. They had a ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Bosco in Orlando, Florida"]
Do you really think that your defense of "I have made no statments in regards to these individuals, I just posted the ...

Employers who don't respond to applicants

[QUOTE who="Bosco in Orlando, Florida"]So because certain "formalities" were not completed, you feel that slandering their names is appropriate?

Of course ...