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Old 05-02-2014, 10:43 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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My niece recently had a disappointing job hunting situation. A friend told her that they had heard about a job in her field (actually something that she was extremely well qualified for). The application deadline was May 1st, about a week later and the job vacancy had been posted about a week earlier. It took my niece about two days to write a good cover letter, revise her resume and get everything to the company. She thought that it was OK because it was still 4 or 5 days before the application deadline.

One of her references, who knew the person in charge of hiring, called on April 28 to put in a good word for my niece and was told that the organization was already doing final interviews and they expected to have someone hired by May 1st.

My question is: How common is it for a company (in this case a non-profit organization) to post a job vacancy, state that applications are due by a certain date and then have the interviews finished and the new person hired even before the application due date?

Was this a fluke? Or should you always send in your application ASAP and not assume that they accepting applications until the date that they state? Any guidance on this subject would be helpful. Thank you.
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Old 05-02-2014, 11:05 PM
 
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Common, particularly when there is already a candidate identified for the job.

Next time, don't take 48 hours for what should be a 30 minute process.
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Old 05-02-2014, 11:15 PM
 
Location: Seattle
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App deadlines aren't homework deadlines where all the papers are graded after the deadline. The recruiters will look at resumes everyday and if there's a harvard grad, they're gonna try to hire him ASAP.
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Old 05-03-2014, 08:39 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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Common, particularly when there is already a candidate identified for the job.

Next time, don't take 48 hours for what should be a 30 minute process.
Those were the two things that I told my niece as well.

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App deadlines aren't homework deadlines where all the papers are graded after the deadline. The recruiters will look at resumes everyday and if there's a harvard grad, they're gonna try to hire him ASAP.

Although, it was a disappointing experience for my niece I think that it was a valuable learning experience as well. I think that she has done similar things in the past (wanting to write the "perfect" cover letter so she waited to send it until someone else had time to proofread it and offer suggestions for improvement).

She is a recent graduate so has limited experience applying for professional jobs.

Thanks.
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Old 05-03-2014, 09:00 AM
 
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I think it is common. They're going to start interviewing as soon as they get some qualified applicants and as soon as they find one they want to hire, they aren't going to keep interviewing just to waste time. Interviewing job applicants is a time consuming task.
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Old 05-03-2014, 10:26 AM
 
Location: East Bay, San Francisco Bay Area
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It's just an application deadline, which means the latest date that an application can be accepted. The company could have an internal referral, or the President's daughter as a potential candidate. In this competitive job market, they could have a resume from a top candidate and they want to interview and hire them before someone else does.

Bottom line: move fast, or the opportunity could close.
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