Jobseekers need to learn a little respect

“It’s a back-scratchy type of thing.”

Simon Lewis has a great post on his OnlyMarketingJobs blog about a recent experience with a job hunter.

On Tuesday afternoon I was sent an email by a disgruntled jobseeker that, in light of recent job applications, was frustrated by the lack of response from the recruiters.  He liked the Only Marketing Jobs job board, but mentioned he hadn’t heard ‘a dickie-bird’ from the agencies in ages.  What was he doing wrong, he inquired?  Could I help?

Now, I’m no longer a recruiter and nor, for that matter, am I a commissioned career advisor but I decided I’d help.  So putting aside other tasks, I sat down and suggested possible solutions to his challenges.

At 11.50pm I pushed the ‘send’ button and returned to my day job. 8 hours later I received an email from this chap.

You’ll need to see how Lewis presents the content of that message.  Here are the results:

Because of his dismissive attitude I decided not to waste my time helping with a CV appraisal; however, I did take a peek.  It is dreadful.

Whilst there is no excuse for recruiters not to return phone calls or respond to emails, I can see why his CV would never be top of the pile.  But he didn’t receive the benefit of my advice again because jobseekers need to treat recruiters (or the people they turn to for advice) with the same respect they want to receive back.  It’s a back-scratchy type of thing.

Having recently been contacted by a long lost “friend” who but needed help immediately but wouldn’t give me the time of day 30 years ago, I have an appreciation for the point Lewis makes.  This is another method for how Not to Get a Job.

See the whole article here:
http://blog.onlymarketingjobs.com/jobseekers-need-to-learn-a-little-respect/