The Recruiting Life Comic #3: I have a renewed respect for the candidate experience...
I think some companies forget that candidates are people too, and in their passion to put butts in seats, deny candidates some basic courtesies. For example, I had 4 interviews with a certain tech company that I was very excited about. We were at a point where we were texting one another about the future. (True love.) However, a few days before the holidays, they halted all communication. No biggie, it was the holidays. After the holidays, and to date, nothing. No returned emails. No returned texts. No phone calls. Every now and again I look on LinkedIn to see if they are still in business (sarcasm) and that the people I interviewed with are still there. Their LinkedIn profiles all say they are currently employed there. So why not just tell me "its not you, its me" and I can focus on other options. Sigh. Its college dating all over again. That not withstanding, there is something else in the candidate experience that has really irked me. It is when applicant tracking systems ask you to upload your resume then ask you to fill out forms that request the EXACT same information that's on your resume. OMG! I hate that. I bet a lot of other jobseekers do too.
