Obnoxiously friendly job applications.
When I was a teenager I was struggling to get a weekend / evening job during school, so my mam decided to help. She suggested that to make my CV stand out, I should make it multi coloured with a colourful border and use a more jovial font to make it stand out. That CV did not get me one single interview.
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"Free sex!
Now that i have your attention, i would like to apply for the role of the governor of the Bank of England. I’d be dead good."
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If I’m being honest, no amount of sweets would cure my anger at getting a physical application in the post in the year of 2025.
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It’s a thing where I work - from a manager’s perspective, if someone comes to ask about the job then it feels like they’re more interested than an equivalent internal applicant who hasn’t come for a chat. And fit for a role is never just about the list of requirements on a job spec, so it’s a good opportunity for both people to suss those out without the stress and formality of an interview.
I can say that I owe my whole career to an informal chat back in 1998, when someone left in the finance team when I was just in customer service, to ask what the chances of me being suitable for the role might be. Pete Minihane, who would become my boss, was great - I remember handing in my holiday request form and him taking a look and asking if one block was Glastonbury and another was Reading (he was right both times)
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“please find attached my covering letter, cv and a jpeg of some pick and mix”
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For internal roles, I totally agree it’s a good thing because you’re also doing a chemistry test by having the chat. I can see that someone who approaches the hiring manager with curiosity but a general idea of the dept and responds intelligently and enthusiastically to the chat will be in with a better chance than a faceless application, but that’s totally different than externals calling up only to say ‘hi, I’d really like to be hired please, I’ll send you a Mars bar too’.
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Irked that the last time I recruited I got loads of applications and not a single sweet. Not one!
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I had someone I know call and ask me what a job was like in an adjacent apartment. I told him it was shit and not to apply, he applied, got it and is now moaning its total shit. I did warn you dude
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don’t think i have ever contacted the… contact person on a job posting before applying.
NERDS, the lot of them
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should ask them all for their names so you can make a note to bin their apps without reading them
All the jobs I apply for are via recruitment agencies and they actively encourage you to call them before applying, so I always have done.
He sent it to the wrong address as well. And wrote it by hand.
To weigh in on the wisdom of taking up the opportunity for an informal chat about the role, I’m very happy to chat with someone who has genuine questions that I can answer. In this case I’m not on the interview panel so I preface the conversation by telling them it will play no part in the recruitment process. I often am on the panel and if someone creates a bad impression during the informal chat it does mean I’m less likely to hire them.
I’m not happy for candidates to use an informal chat as a test interview or to entertain misguided game playing aimed at helping the candidate “stand out”.
(twitch) (twitch)
One of my major work irks which I’m sure is covered here is people chasing for a task way, way before a task is due.
Me and a colleague have a high importance email from my manager on a project today where the deadline is the middle of next week. It includes the line:
Please can you log your testing results as soon as you can? The deadline to finish this is end of the day Tuesday 18 March.
It also includes the line:
It should only take an hour or two on each system.
So, maybe back the fuck off given that it’s 5 days before your deadline?
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I’ve secretly loved this thread over the past few months as I was cast adrift by my former company in a restructure, but I’m back to the grindstone come April as I’ve recently secured a new job, but I agree with so many of these irks.
I’ve never ever sent sweets to a company with an application, and I’d think all companies are electronic these days in their hiring. Is this some sh1te going around on the Tiktok?
LIkewise with the registering an interest mentioned upthread- if it appeals and could be a good fit, apply. I have to say I’d rather lick my own elbow than use the phrase touch base, it’s the preserve of w@nky salesman speak.
Never went for the informal chat though, but it’s good to hear the mix of opinions on here on what these are.
Just had this today. Original email:
Good afternoon all,
It has come to my attention that the AI notes from the meeting have been shared with everyone.
Please may you ignore and delete the email as this has not been authorised and will present as inaccurate.
Any questions, please feel free to contact me.
and then one person has responded to all 130 recipients:
Done
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Maybe they just found it really funny, I guess
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