Posted on May 17, 2018
What's the most annoying part of the hiring process?
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I recently applied for a position with Pratt and Whitney, the recruiter call me a few days back asking a few first round interview questions to pass on to the Hiring Manager. The recruiter was really impressed by my prior experience mainly military and would be passing it on the Hiring Manager. The worst part of this whole process for me is waiting, you would think hurry up and wait as a Marine would be no big deal. It use to be the anticipation of the first interview, but I have since became very confident before and during interviews. What aspects of this process does everyone find annoying?
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Posted 6 y ago
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The waiting after submitting your resume and if selected waiting for the interviews. The wondering on how your military career will affect the selection process. The negotiation process, if there is such a thing anymore. My current job was "take it or leave it, " no benefit or salary negotiation. The worst thing was the PTO situation. It didn't matter that I was providing them 20 years of experience, I was a new employee at the company and as such I started at the bottom - no questions asked, no negotiation.
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
Still sounds like a great opportunity. Every company is unfortunately different about hiring practices and how they deal with veterans. They told me right out if I refused they'd just hire the next person - of course it's a tactic because you don't know if there is a next person. I had been laid off for 3 months and really didn't have a choice. Things got somewhat better after I came on board, but its the initial impression that still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
SSG Carlos Madden - Unfortunately It's like this in most big companies. I went for an interview with another big company about 6 months ago and it was the same thing - Yes you have 20+ years of experience but you are a new employee here. Almost like pay and benefits are longevity awards - awards that very few people see because you either leave or get laid off before you get there.
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SFC Christopher Taggart
It’s unfortunate, but that whole “attitude” with civilian employers is very common. You would think managing manpower and materiel would be same in the civilian world as it is in the military world. I did twenty-plus years in the military too, but it didn’t seem to account for much because I hadn’t been in their industry for “twenty-plus years.” If it looks like a position that you can work with, a person just has to start as the bottom and gain experience. They’ll eventually see what you’re capable of.
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Waiting is definitely the worst part. And people not calling you back when they say they'll call you back.
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As a civilian recruiter, I completely understand where a lot of of you are coming from in your frustrations but I wanted to chime in and try to help explain things from a "behind the scenes" perspective. Sometimes a lot of reasons why things are delayed in recruiting, (from my experience) is because because of things that are outside of my realm of control. It could be because the hiring manager (s) didn't yet provided times they're available to conduct interviews, finance might have their hand in things and determining whether or not there's actually the budget for the position, there's potentially an internal individual the team is considering for the role as well, the position might have had hundreds of applicants, etc. Offer processes can sometimes take a little longer because there's a lot of approvals that go into an official offer letter being generated and a lot of steps to actually get things in the hands of the candidate.
I would agree though that the waiting is the most difficult part because you're on pins and needles excited and hoping to hear back.
I would agree though that the waiting is the most difficult part because you're on pins and needles excited and hoping to hear back.
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