Question to Recruiters
Posted By: no name please on 2005-12-22
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I was recently interested in applying to a company advertising for acute care MTs. I have 10 years and can do anything that's thrown at me (or take the time to learn it if I don't know it). I have an impressive resume. (I'm not trying to brag about myself but to explain the situation). I've always worked for about 5 years at whatever company I've worked for. I was running out of work too much at my present job and waited for months before deciding to apply to this company since I don't just jump around a lot. I didn't reveal this when I applied as I did not want to say anything negative about my present employer.
The recruiter sent me the application and testing files. A couple of days later, my schedule was changed to work nights to see if I could get more work. I emailed the recruiter and explained the situation. I didn't want to burn any bridges and understand recruiterment frustration when they don't hear back from applicants. I wanted to give the company some time to come through for me, but it still hasn't worked out.
I emailed the recruiter again and explained the situation, that I was still interested. I heard nothing. I left a message on his voice mail. He placed another ad and I responded to it, again hoping to be given a chance. Again no word.
Did I totaly blow my chances with this company? I thought what I had done was at least honest and honorable and showing that I wasn't playing games and took the issue seriously. This was the only company I would be willing to switch jobs for so I'm disappointed.
I would like some comments about what to do, if anything, and how other recruiters would view this situation.
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