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I sent out 100 applications over the course of a month. Eventually accepted a mediocre job 3 months after beginning my job search. My first week on the new job, I got calls from 3 (!) of my old applications, all of which were much better than the job I had taken.
By that time I had moved across the country and it was to late. Then I got laid off, and the sweet job offers were already filled. Woe is me.
So, I started a new job a few weeks ago. Its a good job but definitely not a dream job. The third day into the new job, I get an email from an internal recruiter for a job I applied for in mid January. This is a job a really wanted, good company, good position, and awesome location. I relocated for my new job so I can't just quit. Even if I didn't, I wouldn't. I'm trying out sales in my industry and want to see if I'm any good at it. Plus, it will help me in the long run having experience within sales. I emailed the recruiter back I already found a new position and relocated for it so I can't switch at the moment but I am very interested. She replied back, if your employment situation changes, please let me know.
Are two month replies the norm now? I had a few other companies get back to me two months after I applied. If you are employed and are casually looking, I guess thats not a big deal. But when you are unemployed, two months is FOREVER.
It depends on the job and how much red tape they have.
Some smaller companies, I have had the process finished in less than 2-3 weeks - applied (or been contacted), been phone screened, came in for an onsite interview and heard back about my success/failure.
I currently am waiting to hear back from a company. Internal recruiter contacted me on 2/14, I sat on it for 2 weeks, had some additional back and fourth with the recruiter, finally phone screened by the hiring manager and had the on-site interview on 4/4. The company I interviewed for is part of a large conglomerate, and HR/Accounting/Finance is handled by a shared department. Not only that, but of the people I talked to, they were across 4 different time zones. I talked to 3 HR people and 5 technical people so coordinating a job offer (or failure letter) may take a bit. And they are filling 2-3 positions. I do like my chances because they flew me out and asked me to submit expenses - my airline ticket was paid for in full by them before I stepped on the plane - so I know they are serious and they have a couple of spots to fill.
I agree that it sucks that some companies take awhile and have a bit of red tape. Maybe if they loose out on enough candidates, they will tweak their process.
I sent out 100 applications over the course of a month. Eventually accepted a mediocre job 3 months after beginning my job search. My first week on the new job, I got calls from 3 (!) of my old applications, all of which were much better than the job I had taken.
By that time I had moved across the country and it was to late. Then I got laid off, and the sweet job offers were already filled. Woe is me.
It always happens like that. If you were unemployed and hoping for a call those calls would have never came
I applied for a city government job, and they took 3 months to get back to me. By then, I had already accepted a short-term contract position out of state. The first-round interviews were all in one day, so if you couldn't make it that day (I couldn't, due to my contract job 6 hours away,) you were out of the running.
Three months... seriously. And this was not for someone to carefully look over your resume and say "wow, this looks like a great candidate!" This was for some computer algorithm to check all the yes or no check boxes on a database submitted three months ago via web, and then to pass your entry on to the next level of robotic automation and then to pass those results on to an actual human who then passed them on to another human, who passed them through another algorithm and then passed them onto another human, who then made the call and told me that I had to be available that very day for a first-round of interviews just to be remotely considered via a session of algorithm-generated questions, I'm sure.
Three months. What is it, exactly, that HR people do?
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