• teodor_from_achewood@lemmy.world
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    Before I graduated I was encouraged to apply for a job that required a four year degree.

    Don’t worry about it - we know you, they said.

    When I submitted my application online it was automatically rejected because the application program correctly flagged that I didn’t meet the requirement of having a four year degree.

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      This is when you call them directly and tell them that. They can override the automation.

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        15 hours ago

        and if they won’t/can’t, then there’s an easy answer as to whether it’s worth working there at all

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      So, what do you do? The problem is it’s also difficult from the hiring side. Every opening has dozens to hundreds of applicants, most of whom are not qualified. No one can keep up with that, and recruiters/hr are horrible at it. Automation sucks, but it’s the quickest, easiest, fairest way to identify a smaller group that you hope are the ones who are qualified

      We can put someone like an intern at the top of the pile because we know them, officially.

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        Its systems like that forced me to get an expensive qualification that I don’t need simply so humans will actually see my resume. I don’t need the qualification, I have industry experience going back over a decade but because I don’t have a magical qualification, that is recognized by the entire industry as being utterly useless, that didn’t even exist when I started in the industry I had to fork out £600.

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        Sounds like you need to rotate your technical staff into the recruiting process.

        Do they spend any time speaking with recruitment/hr?