Comments on: Why Are People So Bad At Applying For Jobs? http://www.symphonious.net/2006/06/15/why-are-people-so-bad-at-applying-for-jobs/ Living in a state of accord. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:22:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Adrian Sutton http://www.symphonious.net/2006/06/15/why-are-people-so-bad-at-applying-for-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-21327 Adrian Sutton Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:45:02 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/2006/06/15/why-are-people-so-bad-at-applying-for-jobs/#comment-21327 Both really. The inexperienced ones are usually just idiots who think that spamming their resumé to everyone will get them a job, but the experienced people are the worst because they usually believe they should get the job just because of their experience regardless of how bad their application is. The worst resumé I've ever seen came from an applicant with some 15-20 years experience. Both really. The inexperienced ones are usually just idiots who think that spamming their resumé to everyone will get them a job, but the experienced people are the worst because they usually believe they should get the job just because of their experience regardless of how bad their application is. The worst resumé I’ve ever seen came from an applicant with some 15-20 years experience.

]]> By: Iain http://www.symphonious.net/2006/06/15/why-are-people-so-bad-at-applying-for-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-21261 Iain Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:16:54 +0000 http://www.symphonious.net/2006/06/15/why-are-people-so-bad-at-applying-for-jobs/#comment-21261 It seems to be endemic — the ones I've been reviewing sound like they could be the <i>same</i> ones. Tell me: are these people with some amount of experience, or relatively graduates? We've seen a lot of grads (vaguely understandable for anyone who didn't pay attention to employment counselling and/or didn't pay attention in general), but also some people claiming some number of years' experience. It seems to be endemic — the ones I’ve been reviewing sound like they could be the same ones.

Tell me: are these people with some amount of experience, or relatively graduates? We’ve seen a lot of grads (vaguely understandable for anyone who didn’t pay attention to employment counselling and/or didn’t pay attention in general), but also some people claiming some number of years’ experience.

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