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Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by INDUSTRIALFAN(m): 11:08am On Jul 31, 2018 |
Rollitout:I swear. The act like demi gods which is very unfair. |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by thunderbabs: 11:09am On Jul 31, 2018 |
phemmyfour: Is it not one of the invited applicants that will come in first or last or does he mean the first and last applicant to come in are doomed already even before they are offered a seat? |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by phemmyfour: 11:11am On Jul 31, 2018 |
thunderbabs:I taya o....every HR his own draconic law 1 Like |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by Amiblaize77(f): 11:11am On Jul 31, 2018 |
Sincerely all this back and forth isn't really what i want to be reading am an entry level graduate in need of a job please dear recruiter I'd really appreciate being part of the candidates you screen for work positions am a graduate of International Relations, am through with Nysc and i have sent numerous Applications but nothing yet your tips are really handy and i appreciate them |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by yankeedudu01(m): 11:12am On Jul 31, 2018 |
OP you are making a lot of sense here. Please continue as you are helping many people here. Gracias. *Distracting others,they can't even come up with relevant topics to help change peoples lives |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by oluwayimika123: 11:15am On Jul 31, 2018 |
solelymade: I agree with u my own concern is some people are not exposed to d acts of corporate world and don't even know they are meant ty acknowledge an invite most time fresh grads that don't ve experience about things like this and this doesn't make dem lazy. I was with a friend sometimes back wen she saw a job advert DT says send ur CV to so so and so and guess what she just sent her CV with Hello so so and so Pls find attached a copy of my CV. And nothing more and she had been doing dat for long until I told her no u shld give a Lil intro about urself. where I am going is dis she's a brilliant girl and a very energetic one and I can vouch dat she will perform excelently well on any role Buh 4 ANY strict Recruiter, she would ve b3n labelled as being unserious. 3 Likes |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by Kayceenaz(m): 11:26am On Jul 31, 2018 |
Actually, I do not see why the OP should be blasted for intimating us on his own subjective, characteristic disposition while assessing job candidates. If he went on to make his standards universal, then that would warrant objections embodying reason, not emotional reactions and name-calling. Also, the points he outlined are simple and would hardly break a back after doing them. To be on the safe side and scale similar personal or professional recruitment standards, just do the needful. Create a new e-mail address; it's free. Learn to courteousy acknowledge interview invites; would it sap all your energy? The preceding cynical comments here are just merely making a tempest out of a tea cup. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by airsaylongcon: 11:26am On Jul 31, 2018 |
LaudableXX: Let the insider document the "inside information" to the applicant in writing. |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by Gbemmyxal(f): 11:28am On Jul 31, 2018 |
OfficialAPCNig: You calling people silly because of what you consider wrong makes you unprofessional (no disrespect intended). Respect for others should be part of the core values of any professional. 6 Likes |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by Nobody: 11:28am On Jul 31, 2018 |
LaudableXX:all these ITK , are arrogant and don't ever want to learn. You are looking for a job and for some reason, you are bound to follow some rules. Is your email not part of your CV. You are going to be representing their company and how you present yourself matters. What comes to mind when you see an email such as ilovebitches@gmail.com. Stop being silly and learn. 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by Boscolo: 11:29am On Jul 31, 2018 |
phemmyfour: Quote me , no company home or abroad will employ you for a professional job with a crappy email address. The issue I have with young graduates is that they tend to be faster than their shadows. Someone has explained some points, what will it take you to google it and see for yourself if the points he made are real or not. Please if your email address does not contain your name try and change it, because it tells a lot about you. I may not accept the other points like coming in first and leaving last but that of the email I can guarantee you an imaginary $1k that it is real. Little points like this goes a long way 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by airsaylongcon: 11:39am On Jul 31, 2018 |
Amiblaize77: One thing you require is a proper lesson in punctuation and English grammar. No matter how skilled you are NO proper organisation will recruit you with the litany of highlighted blunders. 3 Likes |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by phemmyfour: 11:44am On Jul 31, 2018 |
Boscolo:lol, see this one. I m in my third job in the last 10 yes. I have colleagues abroad too. Don't say what you don't know |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by Amiblaize77(f): 11:49am On Jul 31, 2018 |
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Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by Nobody: 11:52am On Jul 31, 2018 |
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Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by Idrismusty97(m): 11:56am On Jul 31, 2018 |
My email constituent of my full names for years now and it's having numbers because of the popularity of the name. Any recruiter that discard my application because of the email or the numbers in the email may Sango scatter his left testicle Amin, Ise, Amen. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by OfficialAPCNig: 11:59am On Jul 31, 2018 |
We are on front page. I will be back soon, taking care of important things in the office. Thanks Lala and Mynd44 4 Likes |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by Idrismusty97(m): 12:01pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
Boscolo:Forget the email issue, Some emails are just weird. Especially all these ones used by our slay queens and attention seeking boys. But why discard an email because of the Numbers in it? Even if the applicant decides to create a new mail(Which is very easy BTW) he may still have numbers automatically assigned to it depending on the popularity of his name. And adding dots(.) in emails just makes it harder to refer people to it. |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by souljaboi51(m): 12:04pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
OfficialAPCNig: I am a HR officer for one of the Top 100 companies to work for in Nigeria (jobberman ranking) and i can say for a fact that alot of your excuses are just crap (excuse my language). This email of a thing is not important and i have come across alot of funny emails and they eventually get the job. Its not a requirement. As for acknowledgement, what else are you looking for? You want the person write an epistle to confirm attendance? Oh please. One time someone had an issue with distance and would be able to make it. Guess what, i scheduled a skype interview and another time, i told the person to visit one of our branches and i scheduled a Tele-presence (video call) interview. Furthermore, i have on different occasions had candidates who are running late. Guess what, i call them to ask if they will be able to make it or they want to reschedule. This is how HR is practiced and not the unnecessary bias you preach It is people like you that give HR practioners a bad name. You need to check yourself 31 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by souljaboi51(m): 12:11pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
solelymade: This where you are wrong. The fact that it is not the case in your country does not mean it does not apply else where. I did a masters in international HRM in uk (emphasis on international) and i can tell you for a fact that companies have been sactioned for being bias towards candidates. One of my temp lecturers who happened to be a police commissioner in uk was sanctioned just because they did not want to employ someone who was disabled. They cited security reasons as why the person could not be hired. Guess what, the candidate sued and it was ruled in her favour. I have many examples of where companies are sued for bias (both conscious and unconscious) i know this cos my dissertation was on it. 6 Likes |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by freeman67: 12:21pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
Amiblaize77: No, that's not all. 1. He is saying you are suppose to use either 'I am or I' m' in all the places you used 'am'. Also, the letter 'I' as a 1st person personal pronoun should always come in capital when using it as such. 2. He is saying you need to learn how to use the above and other elementary grammar (maybe buy brighter grammar 1,2,3) to help you in your written English since the official language of Nigeria is English and you are writing application in English. Also the op is a recruiter and might have noticed that too and be waiting to see how open you are to correction. No be me talk am ooo, na as you the talk like say u no sabi wetin that Oga write naim I say make I interpret. 9 Likes |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by larkz(m): 12:23pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
ffo: If this ain't the truth. When you have 17,000 people applying for an entry level job where only 25 people will be taken, that's when you start doing yaga yaga gymnastics to eliminate people. When you are recruiting for a highly specialized role which you know only 30 people in Nigeria can effectively handle, then come and tell me about email address. The OP probably works for a company where they handle 20 CVs per position advertised. I mean, how else will you be able to check the number of dots and numbers in a candidate's email address? And then going in first or last? Lmao. If you don't stop that joke 4 Likes |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by OfficialAPCNig: 12:30pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
I will respond to the mentions later, but before that I would love to address the issue of email address. Every Recruiter knows there is something we call preliminary screening. It is a standard practice. In my organisation, we start with email. We are very strict with email. For each position, we allow a maximum of 25 applicants for the interview. So imagine a situation where you are dealing with over 500 applications for just one opening. Anyway, we believe that applicants that ain't serioud with email, won't be a serious contender. It is a fact. We have proofs. As for acknowledgement, please tell me why you shouldn't acknowledge an invite? Finally, there is difference between working as HR for a company and working as a HR for many companies. We are responsible for who we recruit and I am not responsible for training and appraising a candidate I recruited. My personal rating is based on the performance of those I recruited, trained and appraised. To be on a safer side, avoid stupid email addresses and try to acknowledge properly. Our system will even filter out those emails before they get to me. If they survive the Filters, they won't definitely survive me or any of our Recruiters. About numbers on email addresses, I said avoid it if you could, but if you think you can't, just 2 digits will do. A digit or more than 2 is spammy. Our system is so good in filtering that. KanuIdris2@gmail.com KanuIdris25@gmail.com KanuIdris253@gmail.com The second one looks better and that is what I accept. Sorry!!! 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by pennzo: 12:30pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
LaudableXX: It is quite worrisome that a young person posted this and others are liking it. Very worrisome. There is no sound recruiter on earth or in mars that will entertain a funny email address that is totally unrelated to your name. How can your email address be crossfire345@gmail.com? Who will take you seriously. The OP has taken his time to educate young people here on what a professional application should look like and you just go ahead to tag him lazy. Do you know how many mails they have to open? They have to work smart. What will it even cost you to open a proper mail? 5 minutes at no cost. We need to be better. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by Gentlevin: 12:40pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
souljaboi51: 1 Like |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by OfficialAPCNig: 12:45pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
Kayceenaz:Thank you. Please tell me what it will take a person who created chizzy4luv@gmail.com to register KunleChidimma@gmail.com? Or using a minute to tell me that they have seen the invite and would be coming for the interview. Believe me, only a Recruiter that handles 25 applications in a year would forgive that. 2 Likes |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by OfficialAPCNig: 12:48pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
larkz:I handle them in their hundreds and I have time frame to do that. |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by OfficialAPCNig: 12:52pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
souljaboi51:So denying an applicant job for breaking our standards is bias? Ok, they should go to court, we would gladly meet them there. |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by LaudableXX: 12:52pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
majekdom2: pennzo:And it is quite worrisome that a young person like you, is supporting the recruiter's myopic, prejudiced, illogical views. I repeat: What exact value does an e-mail address add to a potential candidate's ability to do the job? When anyone sends you an e-mail, the person's name shows up first in the sender's field, before you even see his e-mail address. So what is this silly crap about placing emphasis on some inconsequential e-mail address? Please stop supporting illogicality. 2 Likes |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by bluefilm: 12:56pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
This official APC guy is simply silly. Who da _fuck does the nigga think s/he is? Sadly, the company s/he claims to be recruiting for, does not even belong to him or her, and yet s/he's busy playing GOD. I don't blame the monkey. I blame the Nigerian sad situation that gave punks like him or her the opportunity to be 'feeling too big'. 2 Likes |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by LaudableXX: 12:57pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
majekdom2:No sir. The e-mail address adds nothing to your qualifications, work experience or ability to do the job! When a person starts elevating inconsequential mundane things above the real issues that matter, it detracts from the value or substance of the project. 1 Like |
Re: Interview Etiquette 101: My Personal Experience As A Recruiter by LaudableXX: 1:00pm On Jul 31, 2018 |
qanda: "The best e-mail addresses.....?" Stop promoting rubbish. Keep elevating mundane nonsense over the real substance of the issue. Those who truly get the best jobs, were not selected based on how 'professional' their e-mail addresses, sounded. The number of people head-hunted from other firms, or shortlised from a wide variety of sources, were done without any particular emphasis on their e-mail addresses. |
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