[PLUG] Ghosted?

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

I'd do 2000 Resumes in a weekend.   That's child's play.

Ted

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From: PLUG <plug-bounces at lists.pdxlinux.org> On Behalf Of VY
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2025 3:25 PM
To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <plug at lists.pdxlinux.org>
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Ghosted?

A friend who is a manager at a large tech firm told me about this a few months ago.
He had an opening in his team last December.  He received 2000+ resumes for this position (one opening).
He had no feasible way to review so many resumes.  So he eventually only reviewed those that were referred by folks that he personally knew.
Even with just the "referral list", that was close to 30 resumes.

I am not justifying the lack-of-response situation.  It is very frustrating as a job hunter these days.
I am not saying that every hiring manager has the same situation as my friend.
I just want to share a different perspective.






On Sun, Jul 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM James Tobin <jamesbtobin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you know of any headhunting firms that would legally pursue an 
> employer because they did not provide feedback?  What do people 
> understand the difference is between a firm that operates as 
> headhunters rather than recruiters?
>
>
>
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2025 at 22:22, Tomas Kuchta 
> <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I can think of a few reasons:
> > * There is no value in spending any calories on rejected candidates
> > * Potential liability
> > * Potential for extra arguments, hassle and follow up
> > * It is proprietary knowledge, many applications are generated and 
> > almost all are screened by a LLM - so giving feedback would let the 
> > generating LLM/human to tune for success.
> > * Work load - they maybe rejecting many candidates for a few positions.
> Not
> > necessarily because of a particular reason
> > * There is whole industry of asking job candidates to generate 
> > resumes
> for
> > training or for sale - essentially for free, just by advertising a 
> > job opportunity.
> >
> > Applying/searching for a job is no fun, especially on saturated 
> > labor market, that is for sure.
> >
> > -T
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 25, 2025, 17:59 James Tobin <jamesbtobin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Why do you think that is?
> > >
> > > On Fri, 25 Jul 2025 at 21:55, <kenjen at tuta.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yes, but I also know that employers in the U.S. generally don't 
> > > > want
> to
> > > admit why an applicant was refused or passed on.
> > > > Thanks | おおきに / ありがとう | Kiitos | Merci | Gracias | Obrigada | 
> > > > Grazie
> |
> > > 谢谢 | Danke | Wado | спасибо,
> > > > 賢進ジェンナ「Kenshin, Jenna」
> > > >
> > > > "You should be as alive as you can until you're totally dead!" -
> Dylan
> > > Moran
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 2025年7月25日 11:57 差出人:  jamesbtobin at gmail.com:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi, if you were represented by a recruiter (headhunter, 
> > > > > recruitment consultant, agent, or whatever they prefer to call 
> > > > > themselves) for
> a
> > > > > potential job with an employer, would you expect them to do
> everything
> > > > > possible to get feedback on your resume, skills, experience,
> overall
> > > > > application, and suitability directly from the employer after 
> > > > > you'd been presented?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
>