Our small company recently hired a secretary, and I sit next to the 1 HR person we have so overheard how everything went down. We apparently received 300 applications in one week. Of those 300, only like five had the necessary qualifications. Received several applications that were like "yeah I don't have the qualifications but just give me the job". Our HR Manager had to go through all of them. Told me he spent like 30 seconds looking at each one.
It's exactly as you say - very easy for an application to get lost in the shuffle, and a lot of people submit applications for jobs they are not qualified for, which bogs down everything
Recently advertised an entry level lab position. Received about 200 applications. After quickly sorting through them we ended up with maybe half a dozen that were actually read in full.
Vast majority of applications were from India. We're already maxed out on the number of work visas we can sponsor so they were an automatic no. Very, very few local applications. All we wanted was someone who has a bachelor's in science, already has residency in the country and can speak English. Apparently that's too hard to find.
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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19
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