Are you avoiding applicants?
Simple logic suggests that the more applications you get for a job opening, the more likely it is to find the right candidate, right?
Yet, over the last few months, I have met countless companies that are trying their best to reduce the number of applicants! One recruiter said “We don’t put our company name in [...]
Resume Inbox - Benefits for the Jobseeker
Oh! Well, have heard only an email inbox, what is a Resume Inbox?
If I were to define an email inbox, it would be the area where your incoming mail messages are stored before they are read.
If I use the same analogy then I would define a resume inbox as the area where resumes of prospective [...]
Avoiding email clutter
In many companies, the email client is still used as the primary hiring tool. All applications are received via email. The email client (gmail, outlook, outlook express, …) has folders where different kinds of resumes are stored and all communication between candidate and company happens through email accounts of the different people involved in the [...]
Managing applicants during times of greater supply
During the y2k boom time and then again soon after the dot-com bust, every job opening that was advertised resulted in literally thousands of responses. I remember once, we had advertised for a VC++ software engineer with 5 years of experience in Hindu’s wednesday morning opportunities column. It was only a 3 inch ad. When [...]