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myntik1:
So I had an interview a few days ago for a company that notoriously steals talent away from my current company.  I would go from a 5 minute commute each way to a 30 minute commute, but I would probably make 9-12K more per year for doing the exact same job.  I ace the phone interview.  They call me back the next day for a face to face.  I go in and I’m hitting on all cylinders.  This isn’t over the top embellishment, but simply putting it out there – I’m the man for the job and I’m a work horse not a show pony.  I had separate interviews with the hiring manager, one of the senior members of the QA team and an Assistant Vice President.  In two of the meetings they kept asking why am I so eager to leave my current job.  I look them in the eyes and I say that I’m in no hurry to leave and that this is the first job I’ve applied to since I got my current position 2 years ago.  I explain that I’m in a good spot, and while we all think the grass is greener on the other side if I leave my current co. it’s probably my last company move.  At 35, my next move will take me the next 25 years or so into retirement.  I leave pretty confident, but I keep wondering why they questioned my eagerness to leave my current job.

Today I’m talking to my buddy who works there and I ask how many people he showed my resume to.  He says about 4 or 5, but he submitted my name for about 10 jobs.  Every couple of days I would get an email from him and I just assumed he was forwarding me on a job post, I didn’t know he was submitting my resume each time.

So I leave feeling good about getting an offer and weighing my options.  Now I feel like the rejection letter is sitting in my mailbox.  The whole time the hiring manager and the AVP were probably saying we have a record of you applying for everything under the sun and now you claim this is the only job you’ve tried to get in the last 2 years.  Now I feel like an idiot and there’s no way I can correct the situation.

ChadTower:

Your friend acted poorly in submitting your resume to any given opening without your expressed approval.  You should be approving every single submission.  I have had that problem in the past with professional headhunters - some guys will just go ahead and submit your resume all over the place without you knowing it, hoping something bites.  Meanwhile you're working with someone else, who is doing it right, and you end up double submitted.  Since the headhunter gets a commission, and now the company will have to deal with a dispute over who it goes to, they just toss your resume into the garbage instead.

saint:
Have your friend explain to the folks who interviewed you?


--- Quote from: myntik1 on March 26, 2008, 03:15:06 pm ---So I had an interview a few days ago for a company that notoriously steals talent away from my current company.  I would go from a 5 minute commute each way to a 30 minute commute, but I would probably make 9-12K more per year for doing the exact same job.  I ace the phone interview.  They call me back the next day for a face to face.  I go in and I’m hitting on all cylinders.  This isn’t over the top embellishment, but simply putting it out there – I’m the man for the job and I’m a work horse not a show pony.  I had separate interviews with the hiring manager, one of the senior members of the QA team and an Assistant Vice President.  In two of the meetings they kept asking why am I so eager to leave my current job.  I look them in the eyes and I say that I’m in no hurry to leave and that this is the first job I’ve applied to since I got my current position 2 years ago.  I explain that I’m in a good spot, and while we all think the grass is greener on the other side if I leave my current co. it’s probably my last company move.  At 35, my next move will take me the next 25 years or so into retirement.  I leave pretty confident, but I keep wondering why they questioned my eagerness to leave my current job.

Today I’m talking to my buddy who works there and I ask how many people he showed my resume to.  He says about 4 or 5, but he submitted my name for about 10 jobs.  Every couple of days I would get an email from him and I just assumed he was forwarding me on a job post, I didn’t know he was submitting my resume each time.

So I leave feeling good about getting an offer and weighing my options.  Now I feel like the rejection letter is sitting in my mailbox.  The whole time the hiring manager and the AVP were probably saying we have a record of you applying for everything under the sun and now you claim this is the only job you’ve tried to get in the last 2 years.  Now I feel like an idiot and there’s no way I can correct the situation.


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Samstag:

--- Quote from: myntik1 on March 26, 2008, 03:15:06 pm ---Now I feel like an idiot and there’s no way I can correct the situation.
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Uh, call them?  You're willing to be their workhorse but you can't pick up the phone and give them a quick explanation?

I hope this is a job that doesn't require problem solving skills!   :P

SithMaster:
It might be awkward if they didnt notice multiple resumes but i would give a call just in case.  Just say if you receive multiple copies of my resume that it was a mistake.  Of course they might throw out all copies be accident.

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