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Due to high volume....jk, not even a reply
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I've just graduated with a Second Class Honours degree, doing a MSc next year, and have experience within the NHS from spending a couple of weeks in a Microbiology department. But I've been applying for jobs as lab assistant, associate practitioner etc, and not one of them has even sent out a generic email saying, due to high volume, you did not meet criteria etc.
Does anyone else wonder if they are getting it so wrong? It sounds like HR these days wants bloomin' unicorns for employees, their requirements are that elusive. I'm even considering doing college courses for IT skills etc, but even then, they'd probably look and say "oh very good, this person completed "Competent speed-of-light typing and spreadsheet wizard" course at HelpMe College and forked out hundreds of pounds despite having just spend 4 years accumulating knowledge and debt....but wait, this other person says they've secretly been living in our storage cupboard for 5 years, they'll know where all the petri dishes are kept, into the interview pile!"
Gone are the days when only a few people went to uni, when industry meant jobs and apprenticeships were available at age 15, and you only carried on with studying if you wanted a seriously professional role in life. More and more people are forced to continue with education and gather obscure skills, undergo psychometric testing which don't truly reveal anything about the individual.
Sorry that turned into a bit of a rant there, it is just so hard for this age group to try and get into the working world, some have it easy, others harder than they imagined. If you could think of a solution what would it be? :chin:
Does anyone else wonder if they are getting it so wrong? It sounds like HR these days wants bloomin' unicorns for employees, their requirements are that elusive. I'm even considering doing college courses for IT skills etc, but even then, they'd probably look and say "oh very good, this person completed "Competent speed-of-light typing and spreadsheet wizard" course at HelpMe College and forked out hundreds of pounds despite having just spend 4 years accumulating knowledge and debt....but wait, this other person says they've secretly been living in our storage cupboard for 5 years, they'll know where all the petri dishes are kept, into the interview pile!"
Gone are the days when only a few people went to uni, when industry meant jobs and apprenticeships were available at age 15, and you only carried on with studying if you wanted a seriously professional role in life. More and more people are forced to continue with education and gather obscure skills, undergo psychometric testing which don't truly reveal anything about the individual.
Sorry that turned into a bit of a rant there, it is just so hard for this age group to try and get into the working world, some have it easy, others harder than they imagined. If you could think of a solution what would it be? :chin:
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I can see where rumours like that would come from, but in my experience the shortlisting process is taken incredibly seriously. Sometimes when we have shortlisted we have had to be really strict on our requirements from candidates on essential criteria just because of the sheer volume.
Not replying at all, although it's really common, I think is really poor.
On the other hand, although recruitment is centrally through HR - you often find they are just the ones doing the processing and in actual fact the department managers are the ones doing the interviewing/shortlisting, etc.
As a HR "professional" I certainly don't treat potential applications in that way and know that our company have strict policies to follow when it comes to shortlisting, etc.
Where people are consistently unhappy with a situation such as this, undoubtedly there are rumours and hear say. I remember that on this site a while back, there was a discussion about giving certain people a chance, but if an employer is choosing someone for a job they have the right to choose who they think is the best candidate. The best candidate is not always purely based on one area either.