Nickname: bombadil

Review: Any company that does not have the courage to send an email out that says "sorry you didn't get the job" are flakes and cowards.

Date reviewed: May 30, 2009 9:06 PM

Nickname: Sal Iannuzzi

Review: Before you submit any applications, you should send them and your resumes out to alot of the online job boards like www.jobbi.com

Date reviewed: Nov 12, 2007 7:12 AM

Nickname: Michael44

Review: HR folks really "stink" at their jobs on three dimensions: (1) Lack of confidentiality,(2) lack of understanding the business and (3) the "Queen Bee" syndrome. I am a male HR person and routinely get frustrated by the lack of basic business knowledge most of my HR collegues have - let alone the understanding of the business of the company they work for! Then we have the "Queen Bees" who continually prevent "more qualified" candidates (male or female) to advance their careers in the interest of maintaining their "Queendom." Finally, knowledge is power to them - so having confidential knowledge and betraying that trust by using it for their own means isn't uncommon. In the end, unless the HR person came from a line job -you can be sure that all they have is the "schooling" in the HR law and use that knowledge as a "cloak" to bully you into doing something they want you to do.

Date reviewed: May 27, 2007 8:45 PM

Nickname: John Q. Blue collar

Review: The answer to all your questions: These companies don't care about you at all, you are a number, a warm body. Seniority and job security are words of the past. All HR offices think about is hiring the types of people that are incompetent enough to do the work without thinking too far ahead. That is it.

Date reviewed: May 16, 2007 9:23 AM

Nickname: Oceanracer

Review: Politics, Nepotism, Megalomania, Napoleon Syndrome, Unprofessional, Laziness along with many more reasons why America is in the global shape it is in today. I love my country and spent time in the Armed Forces at a very young age however; today the personalities I mentioned above are rampant in the HR workplace. If you are like me, well-accomplished with the documents, facts and W-2 to prove it you may have difficulty in finding a career today. I have been in the top 2 percentile in the automotive selling arena for over four decades and I find most interviewing managers afraid of the interviewee and to be literally crazy people today that apparently never listen to themselves talk. I find integrity and credibility missing often and it saddens me to see this occur. My suggestion, keep knocking on doors and by all means keep networking, but in a soft, non-threatening manner and you just might find the career of your life. Good Luck and happy New Year.

Date reviewed: Jan 17, 2007 10:27 PM

Nickname: Ash

Review: The hiring manager who gets annoyed so easily by an overqualified candidate who is looking for a job day and night, basically needs to have the courtesy to send a reply which takes about a second!

Date reviewed: Jan 12, 2007 8:39 PM

Nickname: Amy

Review: The best job I never got. The VP I interviewed with told me it was between me and 1 other person . The other person got it, but the VP called me personally with nothing but compliments. RARE, very rare. Classiest man I've ever met in business.

Date reviewed: Dec 13, 2006 2:02 AM

Nickname: xaviola

Review: it is true and have been a victim many times.the truth there is some are just scared.it just another way to say we dont need you.

Date reviewed: Oct 18, 2006 11:11 AM

Nickname: Angie

Review: "Overqualified" really means you are qualified to do the job of the person interviewing you. Therefore, you are a "risk" to their position. I am a 34 year-old female and the problem for me, personally, in today's work environment is the competitiveness of women supervisors.

Date reviewed: Oct 7, 2006 11:20 PM

Nickname: Andrew

Review: I'm very surprised that an HR consultant would use the term "overqualified." It's absolute catnip to a labor attorney, and grounds for dismissal from that coveted HR spot (irony of ironies). In truth, a firm that feels you're "overqualified" is a firm that's looking for underqualified people, who they'll pay less, give less benefits to, etc. Such a place doesn't deserve, really, 8-12 hours of your day. And it seems to me, also, that an HR person who's "annoyed" by phone calls, resumes they don't like, persistent job seekers, etc. is not displaying teamwork, a positive attitude, professionalism, or the other traits their employer is seeking in candidates.

Date reviewed: Oct 3, 2006 4:36 PM