The Anger and the Froth
Anybod who works in this Brave New World of Recruiting in the Internet Era, or, like me, who services one or both sides of the equation, knows the heartbreak and the angst associated with Misplaced Expectations.
Johanna has a great post here titled Do Not Send Me Your Resume, that I think speaks pretty well t the recruiter's point of view (even though she's not).
Candidates, understandably anxious, eager, expectant, float their resmes into the ether and have a set of Misplaced Expectations about what an appropriate timeline for feedback should be.
The problem is that the recruiters and HR groups they are sending their information too have a completely different
set of expectations that have arisen around the fact that they typically see several hundred applpicants for each job these days. It is simply not possible to give people the level of personal engagement that one would ideally hope for when this is the case.
