Being HR for a Day!

Recently, I needed resumes of M.Tech Structural Engineering candidates for a position in ATKINS. Therefore, I asked few of the people in my connections to send their resumes if they were interested.

As expected, I received lots of applications (much more than what I needed).

To all the applicants I received, I sent them Personal Acknowledgements of receiving their Applications.

The Very Reason why I sent those acknowledgements was I knew for a fact that HR’s or Recruiting people Most Often Do not reply to Jobseekers' Applications. I wanted to give jobseekers the hope that this '𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏' recruiting Process can come to a Normalcy only if the People looking over it (HR’s/ Recruiters/Company) want. At least I can be their hope. If Not Everyone.

Also, I noticed a few of the important points while I received those Applications. And hence thought of sharing those with everyone.

1. The resumes received had weird file names like '𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍_𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆', '𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆 (1)', '𝒓𝒆s𝒖𝒎𝒆-𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅', '2-𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍-10-𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒆' etc. Now it’s very important that whenever a jobseeker sends Resume via mail, it should have a proper file name. Ideally your name-Resume. This will greatly help recruiters find and organise your resume from the received set of resumes.

2. Few of the resumes didn’t have vital Information in them. Like their aggregate percentage, Study years, etc

3. Few of the emails I received were forwarded applications. Job seekers just forwarded the same mail that they sent to some other Company. Never do this. To each company you apply, you should customise your application to the post.

4. Emails didn’t have a proper subject line and body. Whenever you send your application to any job via email, have a proper subject line and body of the mail composed. Also important is to mention from where you got to know about this recruitment.

5. Resumes were also received after the deadline mentioned. Job seekers must be very active to receive such information about jobs and apply within the prescribed time.

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