#HR #Recruiters #Hiring #JobSearch
I hate HR and recruiters with a burning passion it’s unreal 😡. They can be so frustrating to deal with, especially when you’re trying to find a job or navigate the hiring process. But before we dive into the reasons why many people feel this way, let’s take a look at some of the potential benefits of working with HR and recruiters.
The Role of HR and Recruiters 🕵️♀️
HR and recruiters play a crucial role in the hiring process, both for job seekers and employers. They are responsible for finding the right candidates to fill open positions and for helping those candidates navigate the application and interview process. Some of the key responsibilities of HR and recruiters include:
– Posting job openings
– Reviewing resumes and applications
– Conducting interviews
– Extending job offers
– Assisting with onboarding and orientation
So while it may seem like HR and recruiters are the bane of your existence, it’s important to remember that they are essential to the hiring process and can actually be a valuable resource when approached in the right way.
Why People Dislike HR and Recruiters 🤬
Despite their important role, there are a number of reasons why people often express frustration and disdain for HR and recruiters. Some of the most common complaints include:
– Lack of empathy and understanding
– Inconsistent communication
– Unprofessional behavior
– Failure to follow up with candidates
– Pressure to accept lowball job offers
Unfortunately, these negative experiences can leave a lasting impression on job seekers and contribute to the overall dislike for HR and recruiters.
Tips for Dealing with HR and Recruiters 📝
While it’s understandable to feel frustrated by negative experiences with HR and recruiters, there are some strategies you can use to improve your interactions and increase your chances of finding success in the job search process:
1. Build a strong personal brand: Develop a strong online presence through LinkedIn and other professional networking sites. This can help you stand out to recruiters and HR professionals.
2. Research the company and position: Before applying for a job, take the time to research the company and the specific role you are interested in. This can help you tailor your application and interview responses to better fit the needs of the employer.
3. Network with current employees: Reach out to current employees of companies you’re interested in to gain insights into the company culture and to potentially secure a referral.
4. Be persistent but polite: Follow up with HR and recruiters after interviews and applications, but do so in a respectful and professional manner. This can help keep you on their radar without coming across as pushy or aggressive.
5. Consider working with a staffing agency: If you’re struggling to find job opportunities on your own, consider partnering with a staffing agency. These professionals can help connect you with job opportunities that you may not find on your own.
Overall, while it’s understandable to feel frustrated by negative experiences with HR and recruiters, it’s important to remember that they are essential to the hiring process and can actually be a valuable resource when approached in the right way. Implementing some of the tips and strategies mentioned above can help improve your interactions and increase your chances of finding success in the job search process.
Recruiters, real estate agents, or management consultants… you can only nuke one into oblivion… what’ll it be?
HR are the cops of the corporate world. ACAB.
Hot take: HR is a reflection of the company/management. If the company/management suck, HR will reflect that. Their role is to protect the company and apply the relevant policies. If thr company is predatory or toxic to its employees and has bad policies, that’s the deck HR is dealing from. If the company is decent and has good policies, you’ll see much better cards. Your rank and file HR person doesnt set policy and doesn’t have a seat at the table. They’re like everyone else in that regard.
That’s my experience at least.
HR is where the amateur bootlickers go pro.
Sociopathic is a new one. Is the basis of this rant because you had accepted a job offer and they gave you a start date that didn’t work for you because you had something more important to do than to actually start your new job? I just want to make sure I understand the outrage here.
First impressions with employers are the only impressions. You want to have an employer give a damn about your problems? That isn’t part of the deal unfortunately.
Look at this event as the universe telling you it was ment to be. Everything happens for a reason.
Same OP, same. Sucks when you’ve studied hard in university for 5+ years and your job prospects is in the hands of some person who knows nothing except being a “ hiring expert”. Worst is when they are younger than you 😂
HR when a manager called me a fucking idiot: “Well, we all need to work on our communication skills.”
HR when a manager reported me for saying their decision is terrible: “This is harassment.”
HR ensures blandness and mediocrity.
HR are there to ensure that the company policies are followed by all amployees, including management, and to make sure the company policies adhere to the countries guidelines, such as ACAS in the UK.
Just like there are bad managers, bad employees and bad Directors, sometimes there can be bad HR advisors, managers, and partners.
It’s OK to hate poor HR employees. But don’t think they are all the same, because they are not.
Now down vote me to hell for trying to introduce nuance into the discussion. 😉. And for the emoji.
Unless the people make the policies, it’s most likely people in place who were given little to no training, very few tools for support, and either poor or nonexistent direction from their leadership because they’ve been given the work for double the team size and have arbitrary numbers to meet in order to justify existence.
I’ve been in HR and that’s my experience. It’s a weird mix of the most and least brainwashed people.
Not to mention the entire system in terms of how they operate.
Asking all these “strategic questions” and treating humans as nothing more than entities that make the statistics go up together with their targets which of course justifies the typical excuse: “never personal, it’s to filter everyone to eventually find the right match.”
Something typical of a society where multinationals run the damn thing. Everything and everyone is a machine. You want something more humane or empathic? Than plastic it’ll be but never authentic!
Remember the people in college that you were just utterly confused about how they were passing their classes because when you talked to them you weren’t sure if they had full mental capacity?
They went on to work in HR.
Ive met some great HR people who were genuinely trying to help the employee.
Ive also met an HR who has set me up to say the wrong thing when i made complaints about management so that i can be fired for misconduct.
That was such a terrible experience for me that it’s very difficult for me to trust any HR in the future
Michael? Is that you??
Agreed.
Recruiters are insane. They’ll be all “Hey, I came across your resume and think you’d be perfect for this job! It’s doing what you did 10 years ago and the pay is less than $50,000/yr for a multi-billion-dollar company that operates in a high CoL area! Let me know if you’re interested!” Like…the fuck? Do I look like I want to make less (adjusting for inflation) than what I did back when I started working a career job? How do you look at my resume and go “Yeah, he’s been in this role for a decade…let’s see if he wants to go back to entry-level!”
Say it with me y’all,
*UNIONIZE*
My last job told me they would call me when I should go back to the location to start training. One week went by, nothing. So I went to the workplace to see what was happening and HR decided to talk to me. They said they they’ve been calling me, and they had almost fired me for job abandonment. I told them no one had called me, and even showed them my call logs. HR claimed I deleted their calls from the log. At some point during the argument, I asked them if they even had the right phone number. They didn’t. Obviously, they had the right phone number at some point, but someone made a mistake and HR was all over me because of this. After they realized their mistake, they still said it was my fault for not calling every day. Fuck them.
Currently in school with a focus on HR …(I know…) but it’s always sat really weird with me how there’s a huge focus on calling employees or potential employees “human capital”
I learned this lesson very personally. I got canned because I talked about a situation growing out of my control.
Talk to HR like you are talking to the cops.
1.)Avoid at all costs, and
2.) if you have to, it’s probably not going to go well.
3.) If it doesn’t go well, get a lawyer, shut up, and take whatever is about to happen.
The only difference with cops is they sometimes do productive stuff like find your stolen car and check your house if your alarm goes off and you are out of town.
HR is an analog meat-based data recorder with a heartbeat. In fact, they’re judge, juries, enforcement, and an informant wrapped up into some middle age woman donning a nasty spray tan with a name like Sheila or Pam.
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