Comments on: Ask Brian – Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You

By: betty

betty — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:20:18 +0000

and I agree with hand delivering but only when that option has been listed in the job posting. Otherwise, I think it’s seriously detrimental to your chances … many postings specify NO phone calls or visits

By: betty

betty — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:18:38 +0000

Interesting … this is a real conundrum for me… I send out a number of resumes to highly relevant postings – that is, ones I feel well-suited for and mirror my resume well. I try to submit close to the deadline with the hope that I won’t get buried. The deadline passes and nothing. So I keep sending out resumes and go to interviews for less attractive positions. Now here’s the rub – sometimes up to 6 weeks AFTER the deadline, I get a call to schedule an interview. It has become so frequent that I’m almost assuming that I probably won’t hear for at least a month after the deadline… what are hiring managers thinking? Or it is that the ‘better’ candidates have not accepted and they are working their way through to the dregs? (I really hope the latter is just my paranoia…)
Anyhow, wondering if anyone else has experienced this…

By: Plato

Plato — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:05:26 +0000

Hand delivering is a waste of time and here are my reasons why….
Managers do not want to speak to walk ins with resume or applications, they do not want to deal with phone calls either. It is very sad but true. I worked in a small hotel at the front desk first shift, I never saw one person who called or came in get hired. In fact my managers would get angry with me if I put a phone call back to them. I have had good results with mailing in resumes. Most people are scared to just toss out mail and they usually pass it by hand to the person below them, but they do usually look at it because they are unsure if it is a customer or not.

By: KD

KD — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:01:25 +0000

One of my biggest gripes is with the employment agencies. >80 in my city. Sent resumes/intro letters, called, and went by to meet with someone. No return calls, brush-off at the door, etc. I have great resume, well groomed, well versed, excellent references and experience. However, they won’t even bother to talk to me. Oh, and btw, I’m over 50. Can we possibly say AGE DISCRIMINATION?

I have been doing some research and have read where recruiters are being told by companies to NOT bring them resumes of anyone >40 or 45. Job descriptions are skewed to weed out anyone over 40. Blatent and illegal discrimination, but companies ARE doing it and ARE getting away with it.

By: sopheap

sopheap — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:50:17 +0000

Thank so much for your advices, but I always thinking about this. and I can not effort to hand-deliver his or her. cus they don’t give me the address.

best regards,

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:06:39 +0000

And from the other side of the interaction: If the applicant is willing to take the time and effort to hand-deliver his or her resume, that may send a message that the person is willing to do whatever it takes to get a job done. I’d be willing to *at least* look at the resume.