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Old 06-15-2012, 12:19 AM
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Location: Tall Building down by the river
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It won't be a waste of time. The employer will have 100 potential candidates that they can weed out and hopefully hire one qualified individual. Making it a success. The employer has satisfied their need and that one individual has satisfied theirs.
A person would have a better chance of getting a job by walking outside naked with their resume around their neck
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Old 06-15-2012, 03:55 AM
 
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how does a pointless questionnaire help the other 99 applicants? if applications were shorter, that time could have been spent filling out ten other applications, maybe more.
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Old 06-15-2012, 03:58 AM
 
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I was applying for an position online today and this was the entire application below

First Name

Last Name

Address

City

State

Zip Code

Day time Number

Evening Number

Email

Cover Letter

Resume


SEND APPLICATION


Took 5 mins. Damm why can't all companies be like this? This would make completing online application so much better.
But dude I LOVE FILLING OUT POINTLESS AND NONSENSICAL 100 QUESTION PERSONALITY EXAMS, its like ya "Strongly agree, I Strongly agree oh you bet Strongly agree!"
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Old 06-16-2013, 07:49 AM
 
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how does a pointless questionnaire help the other 99 applicants? if applications were shorter, that time could have been spent filling out ten other applications, maybe more.

Exactly.
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Old 06-16-2013, 08:00 AM
 
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I thought you just got a job? Are you unemployed already?
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Old 06-16-2013, 08:16 AM
 
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Why do employers even ASK that?? I always thought that was pretty personal and invasive...
The business gets a tax credit if they hire people who have been on welfare, food stamps, etc.

If you qualify, the business gets money to hire you. Personally, I never let this tax credit affect my hiring decisions. I always hired the best candidate regardless of heir status.
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Old 06-16-2013, 12:19 PM
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Location: Tall Building down by the river
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I thought you just got a job? Are you unemployed already?

This thread was started in June of 2012
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Old 06-16-2013, 12:34 PM
 
Location: Corona the I.E.
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My favorite are the smaller companies on linkedin and dice that will let you apply right off their site without going to specific company site. It's great I just use my linkedin profile, upload resume 30 seconds.
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Old 06-16-2013, 12:37 PM
 
Location: Corona the I.E.
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The business gets a tax credit if they hire people who have been on welfare, food stamps, etc.

If you qualify, the business gets money to hire you. Personally, I never let this tax credit affect my hiring decisions. I always hired the best candidate regardless of heir status.
Hmm, maybe I am going about this the wrong way go full gubermint dole and they be hired as desperate loser looking for a hand up.
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Old 10-15-2013, 04:16 PM
 
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My favorite are the smaller companies on linkedin and dice that will let you apply right off their site without going to specific company site. It's great I just use my linkedin profile, upload resume 30 seconds.

You would think that all this technology it would take hardly any time to apply for jobs online. But many of them are time consuming and buggy. Upload and go sounds great, but I have only ran across a few of those.
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