No response to phone calls

cwshellhamer

I recently got contacted by a local hospital for a LAN support engineer position ( YAY ). The recruiter for the hospital called me and wanted to schedule an interview. I spoke with them and we never set a date as she said she would call me back. I have been leaving polite voice-mails daily but still no response. should I just call it quits at this point?? Oh and it has been about a week.

srabiee

Stop contacting them. No need to make yourself look desperate and foolish. If they don't have the decency to return your calls, screw em.

iBrokeIT

cwshellhamer wrote: »

...should I just call it quits at this point??

Yes, they have your contact info and you have already tried to return their call.

I really hate businesses that do this sort of thing but it is pretty common and sucks that you have to learn the hard way to not get your hopes up.

Vask3n

cwshellhamer wrote: »

I recently got contacted by a local hospital for a LAN support engineer position ( YAY ). The recruiter for the hospital called me and wanted to schedule an interview. I spoke with them and we never set a date as she said she would call me back. I have been leaving polite voice-mails daily but still no response. should I just call it quits at this point?? Oh and it has been about a week.

I hate to say it but usually when a recruiter drops off the radar it means they have found someone else for the position.

They're pretty much just concerned with filling the spot and moving on to the next opening/hunt. I've personally experienced this regarding recruiters disappearing, sometimes after weeks of conversation. In fact most of my long-term positions haven't even involved recruiters in the first place, it's usually the company itself performing the postings/interviews.

cwshellhamer

They were in company, I suppose picked the wrong wordage..... well poo..... talk about dissapointing

cyberguypr

Daily calls sounds way too desperate. Either they are no longer interested in you or are very busy and haven't had a chance to call back. Either way I would just move on at this point.

RockinRobin

This has happened to me the last two recruiters I interviewed with over the past month. Makes me wonder if they even read my resume. They tell me they have an opening, then when I go down there, AFTER I fill out all the paperwork, the recruiter tells me the employer wants someone with skills that i don't have. VERY frustrating!

5502george

You know normally don’t keep calling but I will tell you a story I just went through. I went through a series of interviews with an employer. I was also going through a series of interviews with another employer at the same time. I received and accepted an offer with company B, but had not hear back from A. It was about two weeks and out of curiosity I wanted to contact company A just to see what they thought of my interview. So I called and emailed, heard nothing, called again and emailed, nothing. At this point I already had another job so I’m like what the hell so I kept calling. Finally a week later HR calls me back and said that the original HR moved out of state and there was no replacement until now. So long story short, it just so happened that things were jacked at that time I applied.

IIIMaster

This is why i dont deal with recruiters. I apply directly for my own jobs. If I attempt to apply for a job and it seem as if I have to apply with a recruiter first I will not apply. I only deal with HR...i learn this early.

Danielm7

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Unfortunately, a lot of companies only go through recruiters. You're just cutting out potential jobs by refusing to even talk to them.

IIIMaster

Yeah but I dont like to deal with them. I know if I'm applying to a recruiter or someone within the company.

MeanDrunkR2D2

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Keep in mind that by not using a recruiter you are hurting yourself as well. There are many times where a company will use a recruiter to find permanent employees because they may not have the HR staff to properly vet and decide on quality applicants and I've had several interviews set up in this manner where it's a FTE permanent placement. I'd at least be open to talking to them.

Now, I get alot of calls from recruiters every week, and if they have an Indian accent I've learned that they aren't the best out there and I do avoid them now. Some of them are very difficult to understand and generally those will be for straight w2 or 1099 contract positions with little opportunity for a permanent position and the pay generally will be laughable. Of course, if you get past them and the account manager calls you, they are Americans and speak good english and that barrier is then gone as they are the first line of attack for those companies. And of course, you can also tell that they aren't good because they will contact you for a job that is in El Paso, when you live in Dallas as they assume that the states are small and everything is within an hour drive of that position. (And if you look at a map, el paso is very far from Dallas)

yeah yeah

Never call to check status. Now, if you got the job, but haven't heard back...then I would call.

Syntax

I got further along the process than you. I had an hour-long phone interview, was called back for an in-person interview with a panel of 8 people in the department. After that, nothing. A week went by and I decided to send a follow-up e-mail to the hiring manager to let them know I was still interested and see if I was still in consideration for the position. No response to that e-mail. I would've even appreciated a canned response thanking me for my time and letting me know they've decided to move on to other candidates, not even that. I personally think that's pretty telling of how the company is, so I am thankful I did not end up getting the job.

techfiend

I've had similar experience Syntax and it seems to be all too common. Have you tried sending thank you letters? If so, did that result in responses?

colemic

Thank you notes/letters are something that will set you apart, even if you don't get the job you are applying for... it's still rare enough that it can make a lasting impression. Can't recommend that enough!

Nafe92014

I was in your shoes before too Syntax. Howver, I heard from the manager via email within 2 weeks after my interview that they have moved onto other candidates.

WiseWun

Syntax wrote: »

I got further along the process than you. I had an hour-long phone interview, was called back for an in-person interview with a panel of 8 people in the department.

8 panel interview? That's insane!

nishantchopra

In my opinion, you do not worry about the call response now, because if they interested in you then they surely call you. I think you should try somewhere else.