How To Bypass The HR Department -- And Get The Job
I've been an HR leader since 1984 so I am not the first person one would expect to recommend that job-seekers avoid the HR department when they're job-hunting.
However, that is what they must do if they want to avoid having their resume and/or job application lost in the Black Hole!
HR is a vital department in any organization if it is run well. Sadly however, the recruiting process in almost every medium-sized and large employer is broken, and has been broken for years.
Job-seekers know it. Hiring managers know it. HR people know their recruiting system is broken, too, but they either have too much else going on or don't feel they have enough political capital to bring up the issue with senior management.
That's a shame because a broken recruiting system will trash your employer brand first and eventually make it impossible for you to hire great people.
When it becomes easier and faster to start generating income on an independent consulting basis than by applying to work for your company, why would the most marketable candidates stick around in a broken, insulting recruiting pipeline?
They will get a box of business cards for ten bucks and starting grabbing consulting gigs, working a week here and two weeks there if necessary. They will not wait for your wheels of bureaucracy to turn -- and who can blame them?
Because most organizations hire new employees in the worst possible way -- by matching the keywords in a resume to the keywords in their job ads -- you cannot rely on HR to get you an interview, or even to respond once you've completed their application process.
Luckily there is a better way to get hired. You don't even have to wait for a department manager to post a job ad. You can create a Target Employer Listand use that list to get your next job.
Once you know which twenty, thirty or forty employers you want to go after first, you can begin to conduct research to find out what you need to know about each organization:
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