Looking for a job
is not an easy task, and many times the illusion collides with an unexpected reality.
At least this is reflected by a young woman who recounts
the difficult moment she went through during a job interview.
While many believe that nowadays it is more accessible to get a job since many steps and even the work itself can be carried out remotely, a
TikTok user went viral.
The job seeker named
Sragvi
(
@sragvipattanaik
on
TikTok
) posted a video detailing how
the recruiter didn't even show up for her pre-arranged Zoom interview
.
Sragvi says that
she sat for 30
eternal minutes in front of the screen waiting for someone to arrive, because in her words: "I am poor and desperate," reflects the
Metro
newspaper .
The TikTok user later explained in the comments that
she emailed the employer
to ask where she was, but to no avail.
His video has already been
viewed more than 943,000 times
since it was posted on February 25.
And unfortunately, many people in the comments identify with the situation she experienced.
Failed Zoom job interview that exploded online
A viewer known as Shegg (
@thesheggcomander
) said: "I sent an email after waiting half an hour and they responded rejecting me."
The TikTok video of Shegg's job interview has almost 1 million views.
Capture @sragvipattanaik
The voice of user Kharbon (
@kharbohidratos
) also joined in, who stated that she was left "hanging" for longer.
"I waited like 45 minutes and sent an email around 20 minutes in. Not even an apology or anything," she lamented.
In turn, Jacquel (
@Picklejarhead
) shared on TikTok: "My interviewer was very late and then emailed me to reschedule. Then he called a few minutes later just to have a good attitude and look good."
How to find a job
Finding work has become a tortuous process since the end of the pandemic, and graduates have entered an unstable situation, they say in places like the United Kingdom.
Finding a job you like is the first hurdle, and after submitting your CV and cover letter (and then being asked to put all that information on the company's website anyway), the next step is getting a job. interview.
The girl was waiting for 30 minutes on Zoom and no one showed up.
Capture TikTok (@sragvipattanaik)
Afterwards, one would expect recruiters to make the same effort.
But since that doesn't happen, job seekers told of a bitter pill they went through.
A well-known tiktoker whose username is
@jjthejetplane666
wrote: "This happened to me and they called me 3 hours later saying they were busy. They were also very late for the in-person interview. In the end I didn't take the job."
What an expert in personnel search and selection says
Michael Doolin
, CEO of Clover HR, a consultancy specializing in talent search and selection, says this is "a reflection of the high demands that recruiters must meet."
"Some developed a culture of
treating candidates as merchandise
," the specialist explains to the
Metro newspaper.
Face-to-face job interview, today they are done by Zoom in an initial stage.
Doolin spent more than three decades as a Chief Human Resources Officer for global brands and now works in the field of employee engagement.
He says that we are going through a crisis and that
"good candidates are quickly recruited
. "
And he adds to clarify: "The pressure to fill vacancies and obtain positions is often so high that they see the process as an exercise in checking numerical boxes, forgetting that they are dealing with another human being, who deserves to be treated with decency and respect."