7 Things Hiring Managers Don't Like About You

My peeve...the total lack of courtesy in not keeping candidates - or even applicants- in the loop of the interview and/or hiring process. Yes, I know you get hundreds of apps for one job. Set up an email blast and acknowledge receipt of the darn application. Send letters that are accurate...I once got a thank you for interviewing letter and was never called for an interview. When I followed up, thinking there was a serious communication lapse, I was told their software system didn't allow them to modify the rejection letter so every got the same letter! What????

One thing from the article I agree with, as a long time divisional hiring manager, if you send me documentation with typos and errors, you will immediately go into a pile that I call "convince me". I'll look at some of them again, but if there are multiple errors, you've lost your window of opportunity with me. While I understand that mistakes happen (and I once typed my phone number incorrectly on a resume - and still got the job), errors leave an immediate poor impression. That all being said, I also love to read/review the cover letters that fall outside the normal 'do this/don't do that' tips - inject some personality into your docs. I don't hire paper, I hire people...but I prefer to hire people with good proofreading skills on important documents!

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A very large, unattractive woman provided the email address "hot4u". Yuck. I don't care how hot you (think) you are, don't use it in a professional context!

Hiring managers have set up a fife-dom. They know they have you on the ropes (esp in this economy), they can be picky but with that pickiness comes arrogance and indifference. For pete's sake Hiring Manager, call me if I didn't make it (email in this instance is for the weak willed), return my call/email/letter if I am "following up" (your assistant is fine or a form letter), and for heaven's sake LEARN TO PRONOUNCE MY NAME! You would expect all these things from me as a candidate, so I expect them from you.

I've met several hiring managers/employers who could stand to improve their communication skills. Anyone taking online applications should have an automatic system that responds with a confirmation receipt for the application submitted. Also, why not create a system that will allow hiring managers to click a button to review or reject applications. When they push the reject button, the system could then send an automatted email to the applicant letting them know they didn't get the job or interview. I hate it when I get no response at all, especially after following up. For those who do not take online applications. Have someone in your office send out letters. Kind of like a credit card application response letter. Honestly, is it really that difficult to do? I do agree with Michelle on the email concept. If you're looking for a job, you should have a professional email address. A good example would be firstname.lastname@yahoo.com.

Here's one thing I don't like about hiring managers: Their stubborn inaccessibility and insistence on keeping applicants in the dark about what's desired from them at any stage in the application process.

I swear, sometimes it seems like going through HR (instead of knowing a friend of the boss's brother) is the surest way to get disqualified from an open position.

What I wouldn't give for the feeling that an employer was looking for reasons to hire me rather than reasons not to.

I always search applicants names in Myspace/Facebook/Twitter or other networking sites. You'd be surprised the default pics I see, even for people who have their profiles private. Another pet peeve when reviewing resumes: a ridiculous, juvenile or just plain inappropriate e mail address. I don't care if you've had your addy since 1995, but sweetbaby19@yahoo.com isn't getting an interview with me.

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I don’t see what’s wrong with asking where you’d be sitting.

I always ask if they discourage inter-office dating.

Definitely clean up your online presence (you wouldn't believe what we've found on candidates just by googling their name, and yes, it WAS them) and like another poster stated, get a professional email address, preferably one that doesn't reveal much about your personal life!

I know several HR managers well. It is unbelievable how much trash they talk about people. They don't return phone calls. Their voicemail is always full. They depend on supervisors giving them names of people to hire. Yeah I'm talking about the good ole boy network.

I do agree with the resume tip. Be plan and honest about your experience. I can spot a bs'er from a mile away.

Be aware also that most HR have no idea what the job they are interviewing for really is.

I don't agree with the online presence one. A hiring manager isn't going to be able to view my pictures unless I friend them. So no, I don't think they will look up your online profiles. And even if they do, they can't find anything without permission.

WOW! Thanks, I do some of the stuff u talked about,no wonder?

The last one - thesaurus overload - is a pet peeve of mine. I'm so sick of people trying to sound smart when they can't think for themselves at all.

The online presence thing has gotten big whether we like it or not. Teachers were laid off in my district and when they interviewed in other districts, facebook accounts etc were checked out....get rid of the dumb drinking pictures etc....really, what kind of perception are you trying to put out there anyway. That you want to be a barfly? You have to get real about it, you don't have to like it.

That thesaurus one gets me- but in a different way. I have often been accused of "over using" a thesaurus, often when I didn't even touch one. I have a very large vocabulary just because I like words and use words I find interesting. It honestly bothers me that I have to dumb down my vocabulary because people think I'm faking it.

At the current moment, I can likely agree with why you don't get a letter or a call saying you didn't get the job, bad manners as it may be.

We had 1 position open. We had 53 applicants for the one position. FIFTY-THREE! Every single person at this company is doing more than one person's work, we are that short-staffed. There was no thought even given to sending the 48 people we didn't interview a letter or a phone call (most of the 48, BTW, were wasting our time as they didn't even come close to meeting the requirements of the job posting. We're talking "BS in Electrical Engineering required, PE preferred" and getting "HS Diploma" and in one special case, a reference to a certificate received at the local cosmetology college. Next!). The four interviewees who weren't hired? Yes, they received a letter.

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Yeah! Personally I Don't Work With Mediocres, So I Need To Make Them Understand, What They Got Coming? A Heavy Weight is A Heavy Weight, He Does Not Know How To Fake? I Don't Know What U Like Or Wanna See.