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Outsourcing & Why Its Hard To Find A Job
Author : Terry Vostor
In the past, an applicant, whose resume or resumes made it through the "maze" could count on one or perhaps two interviews before being hired. Not so today. Contrast the hard times articling law students have in 2010, versus the many positions that were open to them for their articling positions and being called to the bar. Now it's a case of be lucky that you have essentially an apprentice position, where you will worked for long hours, almost too some degree like a slave at a bosh auto shop. Whereas, in long gone years, it was a case that if you did not agree with your employers views and assigned work load you could find another job. Not so today. Take what you can, be abused, and be quietly grateful
During the 1950's and most of the sixties, "paternalistic" feelings between companies and employees were at their "height". Management went to work for a corporation and never expected to leave until they were retired. Loyalty was to the firm itself. Pensions and retirement were a way of life to be expected - that the amount of applicants for any one position or set of positions to be filled , are just plain overwhelming in nature , scope , bandwidth, volume and size.
In the current model, of human resources playing and fulfilling the role and roles of both gatekeepers, call screeners and indeed buttress keeper of the gate that their roles and positions may just be plain inadequate to keep up with the deluge - the applicant can be sure of something else too - cover letters do count in 2010. But they can count for or against you depending on how they are written. The mass duplicated , generic cover letter screams out to the world the applicant , be they male or female , does not care enough to send an original. Shows poor attention to detail..
Remember that the HR department be it one person or a cadre of staff is hiring not just for one department but the whole company or organization. Consequently the director may give a list of four or five requirements and a stack of resumes to a secretary, assistant or even outsourced worker overseas by email or phone. Its somewhat like a crude cookie cutter approach. If the match is made you are in - if not you are out - and indeed do not have one single solitary chance. To speak simply those candidates who either do not have the specific requirements called for , or at the least presented themselves in their resumes and cover letters as having those requirements, backgrounds , traits or skills are to speak simply - "Out of the Race" and will have slim or no pickings.
Its a real moral and practical dilemma. The old parable is that half a loaf of bread is better than no loaf at all. The corollary of this is that all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. What does and ethical person do to get to the job interview phase and not be washed out in the process early on? Do you tell the truth exactly or do you somewhat fudge it to get to the job interview phase or phases?
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Terry S. Vostor
Winnipeg Job Search
Manitoba Employment Career Shop
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Tags: employment, career, interview, resume, HR, Human Resources, Outsourcing, jobs, resumes
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Submitted : 2010-03-21 Word Count : 1 Popularity: 98