Not by being a petulant child. Maybe different people read through applications and resumes. Maybe a group of human resource employees go through applications and pick out viable candidates and send them to a higher authority for closer scrutiny...by then reading your resume.
Just fill out what they ask and stop being a 12 year old about it. It takes just as much effort to write your address as it does the snarky answer. Stop being a dick for the sake of being a dick.
You really believe employers read every single resume that they get? An application gives the employer a way to weed out people not fit for the job, like the wise-ass filling one out above.
The job market being what it is, companies get hundreds of resumes for a position. They can't sit and read every single one. My job gets thousands of resumes every time they post an opening and there are only a handful of people who do the hiring.
If they read them all nothing would get done.
I'm an employer.
I weed out people who don't submit resumes when I ask for resumes.
And if I've asked for a resume, it's a stupid waste of their time and mine to have them fill out forms with the same info that's on their resume.
I would assume the point of a form is that it is standardised to your company, meaning all applicants fill it the same way, which mean you would be able to easily implement automated filters on thoses fields.
Example, you're looking for someone with a masters or higher in field X ? You can easily filter that "degree" field for words such as 'masters' and 'X'. A CV is customised by every applicant, so it makes filtering for specific information harde.
Obviously you might be missing out on some applications, but if you have A LOT of choice then do you really care ?
Then again, I'm a dev, so thats what came to my mind.
Strongsad's point is moot when I see even small companies using resumes to autofill forms and then other comppanies being either too cheap or too lazy to implement these programs too
You're probably right, I don't work in the hiring department of my place, I am assuming as to what goes on. I figure there has to be a human reading the resumes and the sheer number of resumes they receive is staggering. The 3 people working in the hiring office would go blind if they had to read each one seperately.
Either way, there is no reason to answer like the original picture. Be an adult and answer like a respectful person. If someone wants to work somewhere, you have to play their game. It's not your place to question what they do if you are not in their employ yet.
Not if you want to play in someone elses sandbox. If you come to my house and I want you to take your shoes off, you either take them off or go on your way. Question all you want, it's my house and either do as I say or split. Same with finding a job, want to work there? Play their game. When you are in a position to change things then do so otherwise your righteous indignation will cause you nothing but problems.
Just curious, are you a younger person?
Just fill out what they ask and stop being a 12 year old about it. It takes just as much effort to write your address as it does the snarky answer. Stop being a dick for the sake of being a dick.
The job market being what it is, companies get hundreds of resumes for a position. They can't sit and read every single one. My job gets thousands of resumes every time they post an opening and there are only a handful of people who do the hiring.
If they read them all nothing would get done.
I weed out people who don't submit resumes when I ask for resumes.
And if I've asked for a resume, it's a stupid waste of their time and mine to have them fill out forms with the same info that's on their resume.
Example, you're looking for someone with a masters or higher in field X ? You can easily filter that "degree" field for words such as 'masters' and 'X'. A CV is customised by every applicant, so it makes filtering for specific information harde.
Obviously you might be missing out on some applications, but if you have A LOT of choice then do you really care ?
Then again, I'm a dev, so thats what came to my mind.
Either way, there is no reason to answer like the original picture. Be an adult and answer like a respectful person. If someone wants to work somewhere, you have to play their game. It's not your place to question what they do if you are not in their employ yet.
Just curious, are you a younger person?