How we will reach to a stable economy if our recruiters are not hiring and putting things on the plate of pending selections and asking the candidate to apply again and again...

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1. AnonymousJune 25,2022 at 1:13PM UTC

   I think it stems from the lack of urgency in the hiring market. Companies are pulling back due to uncertainty and the economy. I think you will find that a large % of the open position are being put on hold or canceled because Companies are rethinking their growth strategies. Their are so many companies that are currently reporting lower than expected revenues.

   Next year everyone will be in a precarious position.

2. AnonymousJune 25,2022 at 6:24PM UTC

   Next Year we will have new challenges, we need to raise voice and we must ...What should be more urgent for a business than hiring ? Who should grow first, thinking process or economy? who should be blame for low revenue, when they have hired so many risk assessment managers? why low revenue situation not been addresses like a contingency, before it arrived? Why not someone hire in this contingency to raise the revenue? why someone is enjoying uncertainty ?Action speak the motives.....We have to understand that HR, recruiters and others are the reason behind this recession not companies. HR and Recruiters are using psychology to play with candidates for centuries but they failed to use the right purpose of psychology for companies, for jobs and for economy . No body raised voice against the softwares which are just collecting digital carbon and polluting not only HR, recruiters and candidates but whole purpose and objective of businesses. Filling one own stomach is easy but caring for others need nerves.......We are evil and we are angels.

3. AnonymousJune 25,2022 at 7:07PM UTC

   Having been a part of many organizations where I have been a recruiter and raised my voice, companies don’t listen, they don’t want to hire recruiters that promote change in their process and who understand the trends going on with the current landscape of hiring.

   When you voice your opinion ,your shut down and possibly let go.

   Companies are willing to have high turn over in talent acquisition and HR staff before leadership understands that hiring should be a priority and candidates should be cared for as a priority, it’s the leadership not the recruiters. I can promise you that I have seen it with half a dozen companies and prior to Covid, leader ship wants to believe they understand talent acquisition and parts of HR but they don’t.

   I’ve talked to many high-level HR individuals that were looking to leave their companies because they’re asked to do a job and not supported by leaders to support the necessary change. It MUST

   come from the top and be supported to the bottom and “it’s not”.

   The subject makes me very angry because The recruiter‘s are blamed and they are the least blamable people in the company.

   I worked for $3 billion company as a recruiter and it was the most dysfunctional, disorganized human resources talent acquisition I ever saw.To hire a person it takes six weeks+++ for an approval, no joke,

   it lingers because they’re deciding whether it’s cheaper to get an outside consultant or out source or is that business unit now making money when you approve to higher three months ago??

   you have no idea what goes on internally.

   I really wish people would stop forming opinions about HR talent acquisition and and recruiter‘s where the blame does not lie

   with them

   they are overworked, miss treated by hiring manager who think it’s the recruiters fault, when it’s the management above them that are traveling or can’t get to the approval or need more information, it’s ridiculous .

   they are not trained properly they’re not given access to information they need to process a hire without going through 500 channels, it’s painful and that’s why I’m out. I can’t do my job with both hands tied behind my back the candidates think the recruiters lying to them and I’ve been straightforward completely honest and I had no problem saying it’s unfortunate it takes this long and if you do have to move onto another offer I certainly understand do you have any idea how much people appreciate that but some recruiters are so afraid of their jobs they won’t say that then there were some manager say well I like Joe schmo but I’d like to see more candidates let’s hang onto them know let Joe Doe know that he’s a consideration but we’re continuing to interview for the next five years for the job.

4. AnonymousJune 25,2022 at 8:32PM UTC

   Thank you so much for enlighten me, I really respect you for your honesty. Lets ask a question from ourselves. If this is the situation than what is the solution? We witness the downfall of this behavior which belong to some big and small companies and senior leaders. America, UK and whole Europe faced Afghanistan failure, Refugees suffered ,economies suffered and above all reputation suffered. WHY? Because someone hiring wrong people nationally and internationally and losing right people for self interests. Mistakes of some is being paid by the whole world. I have noticed a big flaw in international recruitment ,they preferred language/English above efficiency, hard work and candidate sincerity. Ultimately, I saw bundle of paper reports with excellent English in NGOs, Multilateral organizations, private and public sector on the cost of losing power, reputation and failed missions. I myself applied 9000 jobs for 9 years nationally and internationally ...... I get no place ..... I have reached to the conclusion that we have to be on top, if we really need a safe and healthy future for ourselves and our children. Otherwise,, things will be more worse. I really request Fairygodboss to raise and market this voice so we collectively bring the change and support each other for peace and prosperity.

5. AnonymousJune 25,2022 at 4:26PM UTC

   As a former recruiter for over 30 years, I’ve decided to no longer seek employment within a recruiting/HR environment, it is way to disappointing to me to say this but, a large number of companies just are not even responding to applications or following up on interviews unless they’re asking you to do a video or some type of assessment without any personal contact.

   The hiring process is so disgraceful that I can’t be a part of it any longer and I say that from a very strong position as an applicant as well.

   There were great recruiters out there and I see very few, and some of the more serious recruiting agencies have told me that they’re dealing with more screening processors than actual experienced recruiter’s, that is a problem in itself.

   I always believed to keep the pipeline solid was to screen in, not out and I would coach the candidates on how to get to the next steps and succeed with interviewing with hiring managers, you don’t see that at all anymore.

   There are great recruiters out there, Old school, old-fashioned processes works, because they want to speak to a candidate not assess totally on a piece of paper called a resume.

   I see very few of those recruiters anymore, they too have left the business because hiring managers and HR leadership doesn’t get it .

   Some of the more serious recruiting agencies have told me that they’re dealing with more screening processors in HR and ignorant employers that don’t seem to understand that unemployment is at an all-time low and we have to be flexible on the work from home schedule and other components of a job/hire, because the candidates have the upper hand now.

   I loved being a recruiter, I spoke to almost every candidate that was qualified and followed up with everyone dispositioning immediately because they were not a fit, but they always were sent a letter from the company software.

   I’ve taken to work for minimum wage as a cashier because at least dealing with human beings as customers I feel like I am making a contribution to something real and I don’t have to fight the system as to make changes the way I did working in talent acquisition.

   The employers are crying there’s no talent out there, no one wants to work anymore, but in reality they’re bypassing hundreds and maybe thousands of qualified applicants, because they don’t review them and then and they don’t speak to them. The smart companies are hiring people they can train!

   They are the ones who get it.

   Sadly, I’ve given up on corporate hiring practices because they clearly don’t work.

   Although I’m not retiring,

   I’m retiring from recruiting with deep sadness and regret.

   I can’t be a part of something so unbalanced and broken.

   I wish all you job seekers out there the best and I have to believe that sooner or later the strategies of corporations to hire will have to change or they will go with high turnover in their department and they will not be able to fill jobs.

   We should be easy on the recruiters in corporations because most of them aren’t experienced recruiters and they’re trained to do what they’re told and to only screen people if they have basic qualifications or eliminate them.

   ☹️??

6. AnonymousJune 25,2022 at 6:30PM UTC

   At least you have guts to accept what's going on and its a great attitude. I respect you for your bold choices. When right people will not be on right places than no one cares where the hell company and economy will go....

7. AnonymousJune 26,2022 at 7:09PM UTC

   Thanks for sharing your experience about the process!

8. AnonymousJune 25,2022 at 8:58PM UTC

   "How we will reach to a stable economy if our recruiters are not hiring "

   You think recruiters are responsible for a stable economy?

9. ShakeelaJune 26,2022 at 3:51PM UTC

   What is the
   meaning of recruitment? Recruitment is the process of actively seeking out,
   finding and hiring candidates for a specific position or job.

   What actually a job means is the "use of the human
   potential for sustenance and pursuance for the equal distribution of economic
   resources.

   If partners, shareholders and companies are intentionally
   sending fake jobs in the market without having the intention to hire in a week
   or a month, don't you think it’s a waste of time for HR, recruiter and candidates
   as well...? especially when "time is money".
   Raising false hope is an economic solution or deploying
   candidates, who could raise revenue, is the right solution?

   Do you still think that "Recruiters" are not
   responsible?

   .

10. AnonymousJune 26,2022 at 7:43PM UTC

    Recruiters are not responsible for a stable economy.

11. ShakeelaJune 27,2022 at 3:51AM UTC

    If you read the whole conversation you will find how they are.....

    Rather not only recruiters, we all are responsible for recession and unstable economy when we do not raised concerns. However, as recruiters are more near and have an access to the leadership and hiring authorities therefore they are having more responsibilities and people hopes are on their shoulders. They have the capabilities to convince and leadership and shareholders that why hiring more and not losing right person is the right thing for their business.

12. AnonymousJune 27,2022 at 6:20AM UTC

    You think that recruiters have influence over shareholders?

    On this planet?

13. ShakeelaJune 28,2022 at 5:36AM UTC

    Just read job description and responsibilities of any recruiter on this planet and of any organisation along with the mission, vision and values of the company ....and ask yourself that are you doing duty or is it influencing?

14. AnonymousJuly 1,2022 at 7:56PM UTC

    recruiters are not involved in any decision processes, they follow orders and that’s about the beginning and ending of their jobs.

    most of my great jobs were through recruiters, but things were very different before employers started using automated applications and artificial intelligence to make decisions about people/ humans , it’s the managers and the stakeholders who need to rethink their hiring strategy

    I’m sure most recruiters would agree they do what their told.

    when employers start realizing that candidate attention is also about their branding and their future hires and referrals to their company, maybe they’ll also understand you need to talk to people before you can get an accurate portrayal of the whole person.

    do you wanna be judged by an artificial intelligence who scanned your resume and says no I’m sure there’s plenty of people out there in these conversations that have been passed over and said how can that be I have the exact experience they’re looking for.

    Someone here will also mention the lengthy application process pages and pages of information duplicate information and then they want you to fill out voluntarily of course a WOTC form which is a total waste of time unless you’ve been hired those forms in every job that I’ve recruited for and been hired and that form should only been filled out after you’ve officially accepted an offer and not until then!!!!

15. AnonymousJune 26,2022 at 6:27PM UTC

    Recruiters are definitely wasting potential employees’ time. I’d recommend finding a different route for employment that doesn’t involve communication with recruiters. I talked to recruiters in 2019 and it was useless then!

16. AnonymousJune 27,2022 at 5:12PM UTC

    The hiring process is nit the issue. Companies have cut back on hiring. Fewer jobs mean less hiring.

17. ShakeelaJune 28,2022 at 4:50AM UTC

    why companies are ready to pay so much to LinkedIn and other platforms but not ready to spend on hiring?

    I am not against anyone or any platform, I am concerned as a common person about the reason behind the economic recession. There is nothing wrong with having profits, what is wrong is not having the vision that which act will drain the profits and will cause the liquidity in the future for companies, LinkedIn or other platforms.

18. AnonymousJune 28,2022 at 2:48PM UTC

    Linked and Indeed often offer free adds to companies to make both the platform and company look like they are active in posting opportunities.