Every time I submit my resume to a company via their online database I get a message saying that my resume will be stored for 6 months to a year so that they can contact me if something they have matches my skill set. However, I've never been contacted for an unsolicited position (one that I specifically did not apply). I have a hunch that employers rely on new submissions to fill new positions (rather than scanning their large banks of resumes) and that one has to keep applying for positions as they are posted rather than waiting for the employer to match their resume to a new position.
Is this true? I'm searching for my first job so I wanted to ask those with more experience for their insight.
2007-09-17 04:51:57 · 6 answers · asked by vuwildcat07 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
Very few companies ever scan those database. They tell you that to keep from telling you, "you are not being considered". It is easier for the applicant to hear.
Having said that once, a long long time ago, I had an employer that I interviewed with and we both decided that the job was not for me. He kept my resume and around a year later called me for another job, as I was happy in the job I had, I passed, but I was shocked to get the call. But it wasn't through HR and it definitely was not in a database.
Employers use low level employees, like receptionists to match jobs to resumes. So unless your resume screams with the keywords that the company is using in the job description, your resume wouldn't come up anyway. That is why you should always tailor your resume to the job description.
Good luck in your search
2007-09-17 05:03:57 · answer #1 · answered by Gem 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-26 15:15:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suggest to you, instead of you waiting to hear from the company. Call and inquirer on the job you are look at because i do no that companies say they keep your resume but after 3 months they get so many resumes they have to sort throught them and they get ruid of most of them. By you calling the company will show that you want to work fo this company. Like say every month or so just call hiring department and see if there any new opening and re-submit your resume. and keep on them. Some companies like someone who take these steps in there future. So try it and good luck in the future.
2007-09-17 05:02:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some companies actually do keep old resumes. I have been contacted for jobs later. However, for every job posted there are hundreds of resumes submitted. If you contact these people later, they usually already have another job so your time is wasted. Most companies rely on new fresh submissions.
2007-09-23 07:06:51 · answer #4 · answered by Diane M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, some employers will keep resumes.
Now they might not keep them all.
But they keep the ones they are interested in.
Like, those who made the first short list to be called for an interview.
I know this, bacuse it happened to me.
At my current job, i had applied for an open position during Feburary. I didn't receive a call back.
So I moved on.
Then in May of that year, they called me and ask me to come in.
What had happened, was the guy they hired for the job, had decided to leave for another job.
( amazingly, he left for a job he had submitted a resume for months earlier, and hadn't been called then, but was called later )
Well the company had kept my resume, and called me in.
So it does happen.
2007-09-17 05:05:07 · answer #5 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been called in for a job interview for a position close to the one I applied for. It can happen. I also have been called months later for a job that I thought I did not get.
It depends on the company and their system.
2007-09-17 05:03:23 · answer #6 · answered by Jeff H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋