Nothing unites people like a common problem. Right now we have a problem in some recruiting and HR departments. It is a problem that needs to be addressed.
With the number of unemployment continuing to grow, there has emerged a legion of evil HR bosses who prey on broke, desperate and vulnerable job seekers. The very people who are supposed to put the word ‘Human’ from the HR acronym forward, are being corrupt about it.
I didn’t know how big this problem has become until I saw a post (see pictures below) on LinkedIn. The post quickly went viral across social media channels as it was picked up by top voices in these channels. There are thousands of people who shared similar incidents following this post. These includes candidates who passed their interview with good qualifications but for some unknown reasons, the vacancy was to someone else.
This, undoubtedly, shows how corrupt some recruiters and HR professionals are. They know that job seekers are desperate to get a job and they use that vulnerability to get what they want. Others even use a rather sophisticated approach where a candidate is requested to pay some amount of money so that their CV can get polished and distributed to the recruiters network (a network that never exists, actually) so that a candidate can get a job quickly.
It’s true what is being said, sometimes they post job advertisements to fool around with state regulations while in fact they already have their guy. They use innocent job seekers as accomplices in their dirt game.
What they don’t know, or don’t care is how this affects job seekers. Calling a candidate for an interview that is already filled with someone is inhuman and unethical. It costs time for a candidate to prepare, emotional expectations and costs for transport and other expenses —only to find out that the whole thing was a formality for something that has already been decided.
So dear HR Managers, stop promising that you will call candidates later while you know you’re not going to do it. Stop ghosting candidates by going silent and leave them with doubts. If you know the position is for your nephews and other relatives, kindly be human enough not to use other people’s sons and daughters as cover ups.
It’s time to stop this downplaying of human resources. Instead of leaving candidates with heartbreak, leave them with hope.
What are your thoughts on this?
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Human Resource Departments do not protect employees. They protect the company. That is their purpose.
Sounds like Company Protection Department disguised in human resources