I had a competitor of my employer try to recruit me at a our industry tradeshow. I applied, as he requested, via his HR department. HR actually responded (surprise!) but told me that it determined that I had no experience in our industry – completely ignoring my resume.
The next year, I presented a technical talk about one of our products during our industry tradeshow. Afterwards that same recruiter came up to me and asked why I wasn’t working for him. I told him how I was blindly rejected by his HR. He was livid, and wanted me to reapply. I declined, telling him he needed to get his house in order before I could consider joining it.
I had a competitor of my employer try to recruit me at a our industry tradeshow. I applied, as he requested, via his HR department. HR actually responded (surprise!) but told me that it determined that I had no experience in our industry – completely ignoring my resume.
The next year, I presented a technical talk about one of our products during our industry tradeshow. Afterwards that same recruiter came up to me and asked why I wasn’t working for him. I told him how I was blindly rejected by his HR. He was livid, and wanted me to reapply. I declined, telling him he needed to get his house in order before I could consider joining it.