That’s not the main issue. The main issue is people scheduling interviews and not showing up to them.

It wastes my time and takes an interview away from a candidate that is serious about it.

They get a reminder email 24 hours in advance. They could just respond and tell me they want to cancel.

No, the candidates will schedule the meeting and not show up is what I meant.

Regardless, I might set aside 5-10 hours for interviews.

If I like 20 people, I have to pick the 5-10 I like to interview with.

5 out of 10 don’t show up, I only interview the 5 people. So applicants who were serious about the position may never get an interview because someone else scheduled an interview and didn’t show up.

I already put in 40-50 hour weeks. I can’t interview everyone.

So there’s candidates that set up an interview and don’t show up are taking opportunities away from others who are eager.

As a side-note I pay on the high end for this position in some instances I’m the highest paying company for this. I’ve seen a few others offer the same pay but don’t offer paid training which I do offer. (Not in USA by the way)

Yes, linked in has a way to sort candidates into different categories.

I’ve stopped accepting applications, anyone who is marked “no” gets an email explaining they were not qualified for the position.

I’m not actually getting paid to interview people, in fact I have to pay job boards to post a job, so I’m technically paying money to interview people.

Another problem is the number of applicants for a job.

I had a post up for just a few hours and I got so many applicants. Many were not qualified and I guess just applied hoping it would be OK.

It takes a while to go through and record the important information from each applicant and I can only do so many interviews per week.

I’d say about half the applicants that apply and I send a zoom calendar link to apply do not schedule an interview and about half that do, do not show up after scheduling a meeting time.

So applicants who are not serious about a position and apply, take potential spots away from others.

I typically bring in a few people at a time, but it needs to be in batches so training can happen at the same time.

So I’ve had great interviews and been ghosts on an interviews that someone else could have had. In one case a great candidate did not get a position as it was taking too long to find another person to bring on so they could go through training together.

All around, the job application process sucks from both sides.

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