A lot of time and effort is usually invested in applying for the dream job.
It is all the more frustrating when there is no feedback from the company.
But why is that?
Frankfurt - There are a few things to consider when applying for a new job.
Is the résumé well structured and completed, is the writing creative and authentic?
It often costs the candidates a lot of time and nerves until everything fits and the application can finally be sent.
Then the long wait for feedback begins.
But what if nothing has happened after days or even weeks?
There could be perfidious reasons behind this approach by the companies.
There isn't much that is as frustrating for job seekers as a lack of feedback on an application.
Despite the shortage of skilled workers, such situations are not uncommon.
Even at large companies such as Tesla, chaotic application procedures * have already caused criticism.
Application sent and no response to the job?
That could be the reason
At Kununu, an employer rating portal, users even reported a real application chaos.
Last but not least, it was about a lack of feedback on applications for jobs at the new Tesla plant in Grünheide, Brandenburg.
“Applied twice.
Once there was no response at all, not even a confirmation of receipt, ”wrote one user.
Tesla's approach is not an isolated incident.
"Applicants' complaints that they have not received any more feedback have already increased significantly," said career advisor Jürgen Hesse some time ago in an interview with "Wirtschaftswoche".
But what are the reasons for this shoddy approach?
According to Hesse, this problem can be traced back to the thinking of companies and personnel consultants.
Everything should be faster and more efficient.
In the past, there was still the standard to give every applicant feedback on their application.
Today companies seem to have rationalized receipt confirmations away.
Instead of personal feedback, there may still be impersonal series rejection emails.
However, there may be other reasons for a lack of feedback.
No feedback on the application: There could be perfidious reasons behind this
Companies can also only advertise job vacancies as a pretense.
"Advertise companies to show economic strength, also to donors and the bank, according to the motto: We are expanding, we are doing well," Hesse told Wirtschaftswoche.
The competition could also be annoyed or unsettled in this way.
Or the company advertises a position that is then filled internally.
In the end, nobody feels responsible for rejecting external applicants.
The strategy of putting employees under pressure with a job advertisement is even more perfidious.
"To give your own team the feeling: Our company is sorting itself out and whoever is not one of the top performers here may be replaced by a new, unused worker," says Hesse.
Where it used to be about filling a position, today, according to Hesse, it's often all about image.
It can hardly be denied that such procedures cast a bad light on such companies.
Because the behavior of the HR staff definitely has an impact on how outsiders see and evaluate the company.
Remember the criticism of the application process at Tesla.
However, applicants can also take action themselves and ask the companies.
However, you shouldn't apply too much pressure.
Because there is a fine line between being appropriately interested and being intrusive.
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