How is it any different than mailing resumes and filling out the apps in person?
You ain’t guaranteed squat then, either...................
When I worked for a big bank and I wanted to hire someone, I already knew who I wanted. But, policy was that a job opening had to be posted and run for 10 days, along with advertising.
The only person that was getting the job, was the person I’d already picked.
Online does not give a person the ability to sell themselves face to face. Hate them.
It always helps to have a well-written resume that documents some marketable skills.
YMMV
There are two things that any employer looks for. Are you qualified and are you not an a**hole? If you can convey these two things your odds of getting an interview go up tremendously no matter what medium you use.
Online is actually also a much for efficient use of your time as well.
I highly doubt anyone even looks at online apps.
If you don’t submit online, you don’t work in the tech business.
Unless they spot your resume online and call you.
This woman is just venting about something she appears to know nothing about. And she was an HR manager.
Find a company that’s desperate for people.
This sits on the doorstep of Human Resource hacks. 90% scum, the arrogance of lawyers without the brains. HR would be more aptly named “The Business Obstruction Unit”
3 jobs in the last 25+ years: 2 from my “network”, one from the normal resume/interview system. Network jobs were much easier to get.
My GD got a job from an online application.
Unfortunately, for non-professional jobs, most employers nowdays only accept online applications.
Sounds like an ‘underpaid’ reporter taking out her ‘issues’.
I can track my own career this way. At 14, I was delivering newspapers. One of my customers was so impressed with my dependability he invited me to apply to work at his supermarket (where he was a manager). Once there, I excelled and moved quickly from bagger to dairy clerk. At that point, I was asked to apply to a restaurant where one of my supermarket co-workers had gone to work...this pretty much lead to where I am today 30 years later, a regional vice-president for a major corporation.
I never "just applied" for a job. I was always recruited or recommended by people who knew what I could do. I was never just a name in a stack of resumes.
In my many years as hiring manager, almost all my hires are based on referrals and recommendations.
Bottom line: Network, network, network.
Go to job boards like dice.com. Use linkedin.com. If you are in high tech go to seminars and meetups. If head hunters are after you dont waste time with clueless ones who cant match canidates skills to job descriptions.
It worked for the 5 people we hired