Attention HR departments: THIS is how you do it
Say what you will about the Reform movement, there are some things they get right. I'm not just talking about the way the URJ website could eat the USCJ website for breakfast and still be hungry. In this case, it's their HR department.
As I am sure all of you know by now, I have been looking for a job for about 2 months. For all of the applications I have sent, only 2 have garnered me any sort of response.
Anyway, I just applied to a job through the URJ and got an automated response. Now some people would feel this is cold and impersonal. Well, perhaps it is, but it is way better than getting no response whatsoever. Most applications just go out into the void and the applicant has no idea whether or not it actually went anywhere. After all that work, nothing.
So here's a note to all other HR departments: it doesn't take that much time to set up an auto-response. Write one up and stick it on your HR/jobs@yourinsitutionhere.com address. To the applicants, it will make a difference.
As I am sure all of you know by now, I have been looking for a job for about 2 months. For all of the applications I have sent, only 2 have garnered me any sort of response.
Anyway, I just applied to a job through the URJ and got an automated response. Now some people would feel this is cold and impersonal. Well, perhaps it is, but it is way better than getting no response whatsoever. Most applications just go out into the void and the applicant has no idea whether or not it actually went anywhere. After all that work, nothing.
So here's a note to all other HR departments: it doesn't take that much time to set up an auto-response. Write one up and stick it on your HR/jobs@yourinsitutionhere.com address. To the applicants, it will make a difference.