When applying for jobs I use a resume generator and apply to jobs with one click apply
This helps me apply to loads of jobs (60 in a week) and it saves me a shit ton of time because who wants to spend all their free time on 2 job applications only to get ignored anyway.
I was speaking to an employee from HR (casual conversation) and they said I shouldn’t use tools like this because it’s not fair on the company because they’ve spent a lot of time and resources creating the job specs etc and it’s essentially disrespectful to the company to not spend a significant amount of time on the application.
I asked her what’s a significant amount of time, she said you know anywhere between 4-6 hours, we really want people to spend time on their resumes and cover letters so we know they really want to work for the company.
That pissed me off right there because the company she works for offer below average wages but they still want people to jump through hoops for shit pay.
Anyway so I asked her don’t you guys use ATS to filter out resumes and cover letters.
She said yes
I asked her why they use it, she said it was to save the HR department time when going through applicants because it would take up too much of their time. (It’s double standards like this that piss me off)
I asked her isn’t that disrespectful to job seekers who’ve spent a significant amount of time applying to your company?
Let’s just say it was an awkward silence before she mentioned that she had to leave