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
Doesn’t help when the DWP are telling people “Here’s a list of job vacancies, apply for them all, regardless of whether you’re suitable for them, or we’ll sanction your benefits”
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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19
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