Yes, this is really true...it doesn't really matter how many times they view our CV, what matters is, if they will call us up for interview or not..!!

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Added on March 5, 2012, 5:37 pmBut what now I dislike most is, the companies which advertised their openings, tend to name themselves as "Company Confidential".

This can really confuse us, in sense of, when the HRD from that particular company calls us, we tend not to recall the particular job we have applied to.

When we ask the HR personnel to repeat from which company they are calling from, they tend to get frustrated instead...to them, we seem not to know what job we have applied to...but, they didn't know they have been so mysterious to tag themselves as "Company Confidential"..!!

This post has been edited by stephy22: Mar 5 2012, 05:43 PM

everyone is just so hot discussing how jobstreet works...why there aren't any jobstreet staff who explain to them here?

Jobstreet is made to make money. It is not owned by govt and definitely not owned by your parents to make sure you get a job.

Harlo, alot ppl get the job from jobstreet.
if you cant get the job, just you no qualified or u aren't pay enof effort for it.

Some company will wait till deadline/closed then only start manage the resume and start calling , arrange for interview.

Try and try, dun give up, sure u can get a job.

Yah... And that comment is damn shallow to begin with. Many got hired because of job street mind you

hmm... need advice, i am local uni undergraduate with cgpa 3.6++ major in finance, and 1 month ago already start to apply internship thru js and dircet email to the hr..

till now, no respond at all....
what should i do to get a placement...

some interesting discussion going on here...all i can say is do practice moderation. to clarify a bit more on jobstreet...jobstreet, jobsdb, jenjobs,monster are all what we call job boards. job boards serves and acts as a "medium" between and an employer who has a vacancy and a potential employee who needs a job, want to change job. most companies uses online job boards for their sole purpose of connecting to job seekers and most jobseekers uses job boards to apply for jobs. sometimes when you call a company, they'll direct you to apply thru the job board because they consolidate their hiring over thru the job board. once there's enough of applications, the hr will screen thru and pass on the resume's that they feel qualify based on their experience and knowledge to the hiring managers. some hiring managers dont use hr but instead does the shortlisting themselves. now sometimes you dont get even a call and you see those status updates, views etc. its because like some said earlier on, there're like hundreds of other applicants too, so generally, the best of the lot are picked out. Using their forms or their template to create your resume would be a good start as the system generally recognizes your input from there instead of just uploading your resume of your own kind which maybe an impressive one but not to the system as it wouldnt be able to recognize your skills when trying to match them together with job requirements as advertised using the system the employer uses. so an advice, especially for those new to using online job applications, do fill in their template as complete as possible with all the details you can think off especially the professional projects, achievements etc. list all that you've done down in a categorized way and elaborate from there on each project/work you've done. also take a photo using ur smartfon and upload it to their site. its good to have one, a study in US showed resume's with photo's often gets viewed to kill the curiousity. its just a human thing. but please, dont use an FB photo or your partying photo, use a pro photo. also email address, try to maintain ur name only instead of things like cute.me@abc.com whcih is a real turn off to employers as they are looking for professionals. always keep in mind that the more info you put in, the more relevant you become. bottom line is that, these ppl who are looking at not only 1 job but like a couple more others have to go thru pages and pages of resumes. so by the time they've reached your's, your only hope is your resume that you've used to apply, you cant changed that now, so you're only hoping on that static page to land you the interview call. Hope this clarifies, and yea, dont fret and give up. apply to positions that you know you'll qualify, dont be trigger happy and apply to positions whcih you dont suit at all as it doesnt do anyone good. read the job desc and requirements properly before you apply. and if you're called up for an interview, please attend the interview. there's a very high number of candidates nowadays FFK the company that they're suppose to attend the interview simply because they're irresponsible. Hope this helps:)

i got call for interview from big ICT company, thank god. will try my best tomorrow. this the company i always wish could join as staff.

I get my first job using Jobstreet. TS are you still looking for job? My company have vacancy..

Wow, great advices, thanks for sharing...

WOW..ALL THE BEST..!!

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Added on March 7, 2012, 4:34 pmAny vacancy for secretarial position...??

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Added on March 7, 2012, 4:36 pmNever give up..!! Have faith in yourself..!!

It is easy to be said than done (coz I am facing it right now..lol)

All the BEST to you too..

This post has been edited by stephy22: Mar 7 2012, 04:36 PM

TS don't restrict yourself with just jobstreet. Try monster, jobsdb, and many others. Or you can try linkedin, another way to get the job as well.

It's a number game. Just apply more I guess. You chances will be better.

try calling the hr directly instead

Personally, I do not like to get into a Company through connections. As long as your resume is proper and outstanding, I don't see why you won't be shortlisted. A lot of time, Jobseekers submit very brief resumes. There is nothing much to look at, which is why it won't be selected. Try to put in details about your job, make sure you put in the keywords. If you are in a technical field like IT, put in your skill sets like PHP, ASP.Net, Java, etc. If you are not, put in the details of your daily job. If you are a fresh graduate, put in the projects that you do in college. A lot of time recruiters will discard those resumes that are brief because it just shows how unprofessional you are.

Like vyro12 mentioned,

"Using their forms or their template to create your resume would be a good start as the system generally recognizes your input from there instead of just uploading your resume of your own kind which maybe an impressive one but not to the system as it wouldnt be able to recognize your skills when trying to match them together with job requirements as advertised using the system the employer uses."

Another point to take into consideration is your expected salary. Don't put in unreasonable expected salary or you will risk the chance of being filtered out if the recruiter set limit for the salary. Do your research.

All the best.

most recruiters only bother to read the first 2 pages of your resume

some people are lazy when it comes to reading paragraph contents, what's more is the amount of resume that HR/recruitors have to go through each day

the keyword here is to be concise, straight to the point, only list out your capabilities/experiences which match the job requirements

That's true, it takes less than 30 seconds for me to know if this is the resume I want to read more about. But if there is nothing there, that also makes my decision a lot easier.

esaulk,

Conflict of interest spotted....

<<Personally, I do not like to get into a Company through connections. >>

If people BYPASS you, you will not have a job.

<<Another point to take into consideration is your expected salary. Don't put in unreasonable expected salary or you will risk the chance of being filtered out if the recruiter set limit for the salary. Do your research. >>

This is ASSUMING that the person is STUPID ENOUGH to put in expected salary.

So, what are you?? Another HR person??

Dreamer

This post has been edited by dreamer101: Mar 8 2012, 10:56 AM

I don't see where are the conflicts. People only bypass you if your resume do not attract them. If you are good enough, you don't even need connections to get into a Company. If you are introduced through connections but your skills are not up to expectations, you will end up getting discarded anyway. Unless, of course, the Company place their importance on connections rather than skill sets.

As for expected salary, Jobseekers have the right to put it there, especially those who do not want to consider anything below their estimated price range. It also gives the Company a hint of Jobseekers' expectation.

esaulk,

Are you or are you not a HR person?? Yes or no?? Easy enough question to answer...

There is no need for you to hide that...

It is OBVIOUS from your answer that where your interest is.

<<As for expected salary, Jobseekers have the right to put it there>>

It is STUPID for job seeker to put it in. It is not a right.. It is STUPIDITY. It makes the employer's job easier to give job seeker a lower offer.

Dreamer

This post has been edited by dreamer101: Mar 8 2012, 11:16 AM