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In my entire job searching career, somewhere around 35%-40% of the applications I've submitted have been through the Taleo system. At the same time, I've got somewhere around 50 total interviews set up (including phone interviews) and none of them have been companies that use Taleo. Coincidence????
Interesting. I've had a couple of interviews from companies using Taleo, but in both cases I also figured out who the hiring manager was along with the HR Director and emailed them directly in addition to applying on Taleo. I don't know which method they responded to.
Do you think that companies who use Toleo ONLY use Toleo? I'm confused because you're placing the blame on the companies rather than Toleo, yet it seems like you're upset with Toleo itself.
50 interviews is a lot. Are you having trouble deciding what you want to do?
Do you think that companies who use Toleo ONLY use Toleo? I'm confused because you're placing the blame on the companies rather than Toleo, yet it seems like you're upset with Toleo itself.
50 interviews is a lot. Are you having trouble deciding what you want to do?
I'm not placing blame on the companies. I'm just curious whether a system commonly used by companies amounts to a proverbial "resume black hole." Because, if so, I can save myself a lot of time by not bothering unless I have an inside connection.
I have a job, my 2nd contract job, and looking for a 3rd. Included among the 50 or so interviews is staffing agency chit-chat and whatnot.
In my entire job searching career, somewhere around 35%-40% of the applications I've submitted have been through the Taleo system. At the same time, I've got somewhere around 50 total interviews set up (including phone interviews) and none of them have been companies that use Taleo. Coincidence????
Yes, but I've personally had less success spending half an hour filling out a Taleo application than I have randomly shotgunning with Indeed's easy apply.
I'm not placing blame on the companies. I'm just curious whether a system commonly used by companies amounts to a proverbial "resume black hole." Because, if so, I can save myself a lot of time by not bothering unless I have an inside connection.
I have a job, my 2nd contract job, and looking for a 3rd. Included among the 50 or so interviews is staffing agency chit-chat and whatnot.
How do you know that those 50 people who called you for an interview don't use Toledo? Did you ask?
I could never juggle 2-3 jobs successfully. I'd rather not work at all.
Actually, I did through a national bank but they also use a live video interview website that isn't allowing me to move forward in that aspect. Maybe they should call it Taleo Part 2: Taleo's Revenge.
Not at a very high rate. Taleo is badly designed, nonuser-friendly, software that does very rigid key word scans and can't handle variances in formatting or wording very well.
I'm not placing blame on the companies. I'm just curious whether a system commonly used by companies amounts to a proverbial "resume black hole." Because, if so, I can save myself a lot of time by not bothering unless I have an inside connection.
The batting average I've found isn't worse than other methods personally but that don't mean it isn't just that I lucked out in this aspect or I just had a better than average job that I applied for.
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