Job seekers are far too dependent upon the internet, recruiters and websites like LinkedIn. They are an island from which people are voted like so much reality TV. It’s time to turn this HR monster around and have job seekers be the boss of themselves. Let no twenty-something have control over your established career path!
Unfortunately more and more employers REQUIRE that applicants apply online, and ONLY online.
The reason for this is a set of intrusive regulations called OFCCP. Large employers are required to report to the Feds regularly on the racial makeup of who they are interviewing and who they hire.
For example, if position “x” is open, they have to provide a report telling the Feds that “19 white males, 6 white females, 3 black males, 2 black females, 4 Asian males and 1 Hispanic female applied. We interviewed 4 white men, 4 white women, 3 black men and 1 Hispanic and hired Sally Jones, a white female, due to reasons A, B, C, D, and F.
They force you to apply online to self-identify by race and collect the rest of this data.