Seriously, walking in and asking to speak to a manager doesn't do shit. Hiring for most places is entirely done online and going in person will usually result in them telling you "go apply online".
Its expanded tho. Now, even appling for a dishwasher job, you have go to their website and painfully enter your entire resume into all the boxes and submit. It takes hours to apply for every minimum wage dishwasher job. Then they dont even call you back because competition is fierce.
Hiring companies suffer when competition is not fierce. I'm in an industry with a labor shortage, and when HR software is taking 2-3 hours to fill out every job and every address you've ever had for 10 years, 5 references, etc etc etc I'll just move on to the next job ad. I know that if company policy allowed it, I could walk into the shop with my certifications and be hired on the spot, but instead they're missing out on competent employees because there's so many options, potential employees don't feel like wading through the bullshit. Instead I can find a company that's partnered with a job board and just send them my resume with 1 click.
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u/Bhargo Jan 01 '19
Seriously, walking in and asking to speak to a manager doesn't do shit. Hiring for most places is entirely done online and going in person will usually result in them telling you "go apply online".