But most of the time, they come late, leave early and are the first to tattle to your boss if you come late (even if you are also leaving late that day) or leave early (even if you also came in early) that day.
They have the luxury of simply trash canning resumes which came in without meeting certain superficial criteria such as the right buzz-words for getting past software screening, too much or even too little job changing. Then there is the assumption that all of the long term unemployed are simply unemployable, just because many of them are. They've taken unemployment as long as they possibly can simply because Obongo's minions have made it an attractive alternative and their skill set has gone rusty. But in the same subset are highly motivated and skilled older workers who simply get passed over because of age, though excuses like "overqualified" do more to protect them from possible age discrimination actions than stating the real reason.
HR people are no longer skilled at locating these diamonds because their entire focus is now in following procedures, being politically correct and avoiding lawsuits.
*ouch*
I’ve even crafted resumes specific to a given job, to emphasize relevant skills and experience that exactly match the advertised position and been blown off sight unseen.
The simple truths are:
Just because they are advertizing does not mean they are actually hiring, sometimes it simply means that are trying to look like they are hiring and growing to entice investors.
Just because they are advertizing does not mean they have not already selected a cheap H1-B to fill that job, and are just going through the motions to prove they couldn’t find an American with the exact skill set the H1-B has, one year’s more or one year’s less of experience in any of the half dozen given skills and you are over or under qualified.
Just because they are advertizing does not mean the hiring manager will actually get the budget he or she was promised when they submitted the req.