Ark's posts

Why are jobs so shitty at communicating and reaching out to applicants? I can't tell you how many job applications I've submitted and interviews I've had where I haven't heard back afterward. And whenever I reach out to these jobs to follow up with my status, they completely ghost me. If I didn't get the job, a simple email telling me so would suffice. There's no need to completely ignore me. It kills me that prior to interviewing, email communication seems constant, but the second that interview is done I never hear from them again. And after the interview they'll say "we'll get back to you in a week," but a week, weeks, a month, etc, goes by and I never hear back. Job searching is already hard as it is, but these jobs don't make it any easier.

The thing that kills me even more is that the position I've applied for and really want hasn't been filled since the last time I interviewed for it. After my first interview for the position I reached out to the manager a few times to express my interest in it, only to never hear back. To find out 2 weeks ago that the position never got filled despite me being interested annoys the fuck out of me. If you're looking for someone to take the job and you're having a hard time finding someone for it, why not hire the one person who actually wants it? But that would make too much sense, right? Tuh.