HR Business Partner Victoria Zakharova shared with the IT community a trigger that has a significant negative impact on recruiters' performance of their duties and reduces their desire to respond to all candidates' resumes.
HR Business Partner Victoria Zakharova shared with the IT community a trigger that has a significant negative impact on recruiters' performance of their duties and reduces their desire to respond to all candidates' resumes.
«I recently posted a job for FrontEnd Angular Developer. In a short time, I received 87 responses. I started reviewing resumes with all responsibility, but around the 50th resume, my patience ran out. Why? Because most candidates didn’t even read the job description. We clearly stated: Angular. What did I get? A resume for React, Redux, Vue, React Native,» Victoria Zakharova described the situation on her LinkedIn page.
According to HR Business Partner, this could mean either that candidates simply don’t read the job requirements or that they hope that the recruiter will consider them anyway, despite everything.
«When you copy the answer 50 times: ‘Your stack doesn’t fit, we’re looking for Angular,’ the question arises: why should I waste my time on those who didn’t even try to read the description? We, recruiters, really want to find the perfect candidate. We try to be attentive to everyone. But please, help us help you! Read the vacancy. Understand whether your skills fit the specific position. If your stack is different, don’t expect miracles. Vacancies are created with clear requirements, and we are looking for those who meet them,» she urged.
According to Victoria Zakharova, recruiting is a two-way process, and HR responds when it sees mutual interest and a match for the vacancy.
«But if we don’t respond, then perhaps the problem is not with us, but with your lack of compliance with the requirements of the vacancy,» the specialist summarizes.
Her post sparked a lively discussion in the comments — colleagues expressed support for the specialist, but some IT professionals, in particular engineers, see the situation somewhat differently.
«I had a completely opposite case, a recruiter posted a vacancy for Angular, and 15 minutes before the interview, a letter came — „oh, your stack doesn’t match our vacancy“. And a few days later, another one from the same company wrote for the same position,» Frontend developer Ruslan Nikiforov shared his experience.
Process Management Expert Max Vitsenko advised trying to automate the prescreening process, at least for searching for certain keywords.
«Perhaps your team involved in automating internal processes can help with this — this should reduce resume processing time,» the specialist noted.
IT-worker Igor Taratayko also expressed his opinion, seeing his reasons for such a situation.
«And this misunderstanding that you wrote about will continue until recruiters understand that hiring in IT is hiring engineers. And your „angular/redux“ and so on is the same as hiring an engineer who can calculate designs using a slide rule or a calculator. He will still be an ENGINEER,» the contributor noted.
