Posted on Oct 5, 2015
Want some insights on the easiest way to not get hired?
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I've now been a civilian recruiter for over 3 years since retiring. I am totally amazed that folks will fill out applications or send resumes with their phone numbers that are disconnected, vmail full or not even set up. Also, having your phone set up as not available and not letting it go to voice mail,instead having a message that says try your call again later.
Call the recruiter and leave no name or phone number when theirs is blocked. Along with some of this is answering the phone rudely because you don't recognize the number.
Recruiters may have different numbers than what you called.
These are some of the surest ways not to get a call back, national recruiters deal with a lot of applicants, you can expect to go to the bottom of the list that will probably disappear at the end of the day due to next days business.
If you want to get hired I would fix the above issues at least you may get a call back. If you don't rest assured one call is all you will get.
Call the recruiter and leave no name or phone number when theirs is blocked. Along with some of this is answering the phone rudely because you don't recognize the number.
Recruiters may have different numbers than what you called.
These are some of the surest ways not to get a call back, national recruiters deal with a lot of applicants, you can expect to go to the bottom of the list that will probably disappear at the end of the day due to next days business.
If you want to get hired I would fix the above issues at least you may get a call back. If you don't rest assured one call is all you will get.
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When I was interviewing a person for a position I had open, one of the people who came in did not even know what industry the company was in, and it was in the name of the company.
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I've been trying to explain this to my wife for years. She refuses to set up the voicemail on her phone and is one of the biggest call screeners in the world. If she doesn't recognize the number, she simply wont answer it. She claims "If it is important they will call back or Text me." Then IF they do bother to call back, she still wont answer it because she still doesn't recognize the number. Then she wonders why she can't even get an interview.
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CSM Michael Lynch
She is lucky if they call back most HR and Recruiters won't, show her our Notes maybe that will help her. Best of luck. SSgt (Join to see)
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I have done a lot of hiring, promotional and program interviews. The stories are endless. That type of applicant can at least be eliminated as a non-serious contender with little time invested by the recruiter.
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I have people send me resumes looking for positions and am amazed at times. They are full of military acronyms and too many appear as if they just cut and pasted the narrative from their last 5 performance reports. Other times they are a bio from birth to current week (way too long folks) and say nothing about why I or my company should hire them. Also, try some punctuation folks! Don't write run on sentences that take up a quarter of a page without a comma or such to be found. Lastly, dress for success and show up on time for an interview with your phone either muted or off!
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As an employer may I add to CSM Lynch's advice?
If you are sending in a resume get it spell checked? I realize that not everyone is great at spelling or might be slightly dyslexic but it is something that I and other employers look at.
How about working at improving your handwriting? If a customer can't read the invoice and calls me to decipher it that eats up my time, especially if I must call you to help me with it.
If you are sending in a resume get it spell checked? I realize that not everyone is great at spelling or might be slightly dyslexic but it is something that I and other employers look at.
How about working at improving your handwriting? If a customer can't read the invoice and calls me to decipher it that eats up my time, especially if I must call you to help me with it.
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MCPO Jim Weatherford
Here is what i get a lot of. Guys and gals will cut and paste their MOS/NEC or whatever term is current for their specialty rating. Spend a little time and effort to make it your own. And do yourself a favor by doing a background on the company that you are applying with. I can't speak for anyone else but, i will ask you what you know about my company.
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PO1 Aaron Baltosser
Read for content AND clarity. I had a training officer get a letter of reprimand because he sent out one line in E-mail and didn't proofread it. "Has anyone seen my floppy disk?" Can become something far worse in a typo because the s and c are perilously clise on the keyboard. Your resume may contain some similar faux pa phrases.
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PO2 Robert Cuminale
PO1 Aaron Baltosser - I don't think that alternative spelling would interest anyone.
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PO1 Aaron Baltosser
That was his clerical mistake, and that is what got him in trouble at a command level instantly. His audience was co-ed and senior to him. The take away was read every message carefully prior to hitting send. Be cautious when hitting reply all. Things can turn out poorly otherwise.
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Making me wait, calling me by my first name unless I ask them to, fiddling with things on my desk, not answering the question, as said by others, inappropriately dressed. All these and the things mentioned by others. Good luck.
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LTC Julian Carnes
Here's one I made. On active duty. Brand new bachelor 2d Lt. Sitting in front of the CO's desk learning about my assignment. At the end, I commented on his pretty daughter, whose picture was displayed prominently on a bookcase behind him. He stood, took a deep breath and, in a furious but quiet tone of voice, explained to me that was his wife, not his daughter. Long tour before I was finally refined. Every s**t detail requiring an officer was mine. jc
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Going to a interview in shorts an the good ole T is an easy way not to get hired either!!!! waiting for them to call you is another, Hound them and show them your interested in the position, I guarantee you that person who got the position you wanted...called at least twice a week.
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PO2 Joshua Billman
This is why I've always gotten an offer from everywhere I've interviewed. (of course, I tend to stay where I'm employed for a little while, thus I do not have to apply for jobs every few months) Collared shirts and slacks go a long way! I won't leave the house in a pair of basketball shorts to go shopping at Wal-mart, let alone to an event that may just determine my future. Grown ass men need to learn this. Your Jordan's are not formal wear, no matter how much you paid for them.
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SSgt Wade Mamac
Greta tip. When I call to inquire about the job, what kind of questions are good to lead with?
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