One of the most common complaints of jobseekers is that they
don’t get feedback from job applications. Whilst for recruiters, one of their
biggest complaints is the volume of irrelevant applications they receive from
job adverts.
The two go hand in hand. The more applications recruiters have
to sift through, the less time they can devote to replying to all the unsuccessful
or irrelevant applicants. Meanwhile a jobseeker, disheartened by a lack of
response, may step up the number of applications they send out, in the hope it
will increase their chances of progression to interview.
The danger of deploying a scatter-gun approach to job
applications is that it can undermine your prospect of securing the positions
you’re actually most interested in. A recruiter, through memory or application
tracking software, will generally be aware of multiple applications made by the
same individual, and if these are for roles covering different responsibilities
across a range of salaries there will, at best, be confusion over where your
strengths lie, or at worst they’ll assume you consider yourself a ‘jack of all
trades and master of none’. Recruiters rarely get instructed to find these!
A better approach would be to only apply for those roles you’re
most interested and suitable for based on the requirements detailed in the job advert. If you’re not then hearing back from the recruiter who is advertising these roles, give them a call to have a chat about your job
search and see if they can assist.
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