RE: Leprosy?

["diotima" <diotima -at- myway -dot- com>]

one more to add:



the position is not open. they just like to fish for candidate resumes in case the person currently in the position leaves or screws up.



(yes, i do know of a company that does this.)



-d









 --- On Mon 05/16, Joe Malin < jmalin -at- tuvox -dot- com > wrote:

From: Joe Malin [mailto: jmalin -at- tuvox -dot- com]

To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 10:29:25 -0700

Subject: RE: Leprosy?



<br>Dear Peter,<br><br>This has happened to me before. In fact, the company I work for now had<br>my position posted for about a month after I joined! I had to tell them<br>to take it down.<br><br>Some of the reasons a job might be posted without any evident hiring<br>activity are:<br>* They want to offer the job to an insider but have to follow<br>procedures.<br>* They have a position open but it's on hold because of some<br>company-wide situation.<br>* They have a position open and they're interviewing, but they're not<br>taking any more<br>  applications.<br>* They have a position open, they're interviewing, and they're taking<br>applications, but<br>  they're just not interested in you.<br>* They have a position open, they're interviewing, and they're taking<br>applications, but <br>  their policy (formal or otherwise) is not to take applications through<br>HR.<br>* They have a position open, they're interviewing, and they're taking<br>applications, but <br>  the hiring 
manager and HR are disconnected.<br>* They don't have a position open but they forgot to take down the<br>posting.<br><br>All of these situations are equally likely.<br><br>I do submit resumes to HR or recruiting reps at companies, but I never<br>expect very much from them. I hardly expect more from the current crop<br>of recruiters, who seem to be a very uneven bunch. I recommend instead<br>that you contact friends and acquaintances for leads.<br><br>Don't take this situation personally. Nobody gets a job because they're<br>the most qualified. They get the job because they sell themselves to the<br>person who has the hiring authority. You have to find that person and<br>get in front of him/her. And don't forget that it also takes a bit of<br>luck.<br><br>Don't blame HR. HR's job is to filter out the mass of people going after<br>jobs, according to the parameters set by the hiring manager. If the<br>hiring manager doesn't do this well, HR can't do any 
better.<br><br>Joe<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: bounce-techwr-l-216553 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com<br>[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-216553 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Peter

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