How long after applying do you know they won't call?

6 Comments

1. Tiana MumfordMarch 4,2022 at 10:32AM UTC

   Good day I would say within a month tops I’ve had a couple months before but if it’s that long it kind of puts up red flags for me. I think employers should let potential new hires know a window so they are not just hanging on in suspense. My husband is a supervisor and he definitely let interviewees know . That way if they want to wait or move on it’s up to them . It’s all about good communication.

   Blessings,

2. AnonymousMarch 4,2022 at 11:59AM UTC

   I agree and yet as a recruiter I’ve had managers tell me I need this job filled in three weeks and then six weeks later things come to a screeching halt which tells me after 30 years of experience something is definitely wrong and it usually 99% of the time is on the hiring managers who change the plan. You have managers opinions, or interviewing by committee decisions, budget cuts, hiring freezes etc.

   so there are other things that go on but the first question a recruiter asks to a manager is “when do you want this filled, what is the timeframe” but then try to get the candidate scheduled to talk to the manager and the team LOL.

   I’ve seen jobs that went on for 16 weeks and I had to start over because we lost candidates, it’s painful but the recruiting job is not an easy one and all the administrative work now we have to

   do makes recruiters less efficient vs actually doing what they should be doing!

   Hang in there keep sending out resumes the market is good eventually you’ll hit the right job for you good luck

3. AnonymousMarch 4,2022 at 11:50AM UTC

   As an internal recruiter for several corporations it can work differently
   at every company.
   personally I check all applicants once if not twice a day, to me those applicants are like gold!!!!
   it’s less sourcing and head hunting for me if I have great applicants right in hand. not everyone thinks like that.
   I’m sure that doesn’t happen with heavy volume traffic for all recruiters. secondly an internal candidate or referral may have been identified already BUT by law the job still has to be posted for five days.
   I myself have been looking for work for the last two years and even with temporary assignments I will have an interview and never hear back.
   I can only say it’s wrong on every level with all the forms of communication available to employers. a simple text we’ve moved on thank you is enough and better than nada!
   I’ve learned not to get excited as sad as that is about jobs I’m very interested in. I can even see in a lot of cases that my résumé has been received and read .
   corporations need an overhaul on how candidates should be handled in every situation for everyone that’s invested time to apply.
   as much as I do love recruiting there’s a piece of it that is an inefficient use of a recruiters time and we need to go back to the human touch personal touch for interviewing candidates, conversations need to take place to make solid hiring decisions. Hire a person not a résumé.

4. AngieMarch 4,2022 at 12:58PM UTC

   I hope they will contact me, but I don't spend any time checking on the status of my app. I just keep applying to jobs until I lock down a new job.

5. AnonymousMarch 5,2022 at 1:12PM UTC

   I think a week, but I just got a let's schedule time to speak email after almost three weeks. Idk!!!

6. Arlene Frances Gottardo (Bryak)March 9,2022 at 3:24PM UTC

   After a week, call them.