I work in a world of resumes, where resumes equal solid, quality candidates.
I recently met with a client who needed “more” resumes because they didn’t have enough good candidates.
Seems like a simple equation; I just go back to the office and crank up the Resumatic 2000, and BAM — you’ve got “more” resumes.
But as those in recruiting know, it’s never that simple.
I started digging into what was really going on, because the fact is, you only need one resume to fill a position.
My line of questions, in order:
You see, there really isn’t an issue with getting more resumes. The problem is when you already have enough resumes but you put barriers in place that cause those resumes not to be enough.
When you have enough resumes, simply more resumes isn’t going to solve your problem.
Your process is the problem. Your filters are the problem. Me giving you more resumes isn’t going to help you, it’s just going to cause a bigger problem.
But that’s what they did. Just go get more staffing vendors to work with.
If 10 can’t get us “enough” resumes, get 20. If 20 isn’t working, let’s try 75. Still not good? Why not 1,000!?
It won’t matter, because you still have a “you” problem. “You” are unwilling to change. More isn’t going to help. You have enough. You need to fix you.
You don’t have a resume problem, you have a “you” problem. That is actually harder to fix!
This was originally published on Tim Sackett’s blog, The Tim Sackett Project.
