The Recruitment System

After being rejected from almost every place that I applied to, I’m quite sure that there is something very wrong with the recruitment system in our country. I know many would brand me as a jealous smug who’s rattling and crying about not getting a job while almost everyone else did. Brand me, criticize me, hold whatever you want to hold against me BUT this is a reality that you can’t deny because you know it, its right there at your face. The recruitment system for 99% of the companies is not fair. Period!

You know what? I got rejections from companies I considered myself too good for. Yes I did! They say, one shouldn’t be arrogant but one should know his/her worth. I know my worth. I know what I can do for the firm that I work for, given a chance. The irony is that I compromised on my worth and still did not get an offer letter. This is just painful. No seriously it is. It is painful to know that people who can’t match you in skill and aptitude got really nice jobs because they had references and contacts. And its painful to think that by the time you do get a job, you probably might have to work under “such” people. Not fair I tell you. Definitely not fair.

Now let me share with you the more painful bit. I was surprised and shocked to know the brilliant ways, in which most of these brilliant HR people shortlist candidates from a pool of CVs. Some sift through graduate directories alphabetically, making sure that somebody who’s unfortunate enough to have his name start from a “Z”, never gets an interview call. And others just select CVs randomly and then filter people out from a randomly selected pool. Dude you are gambling on people’s careers, you Idiot!

And finally the most “politically correct” and “self righteous” kind of recruitment personnel are those who shortlist people on the basis of GPA. The thing is that different universities have different grading plans. My university has one of the most ruthless grading plans and not to mention one of the most difficult entry tests in the country for any business school. But these so called HR “professionals” just don’t know the difference. Ms. HR Professional, its not that difficult to understand, trust me its not a rocket science. Repeat after me slowly, “DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES HAVE DIFFERENT GRADING PLANS”. Yes repeat it again, You probably might understand it in a few years time. Or maybe not. *bangs head on the wall*

So anyways in many interviews I have faced this question, why is your GPA so low? Dude!!! Give me a break. My 2.9 is still better than a 3.5 from XYZ University where you get an A on 80%. I got my B- on 83%. Arghhh!!!

To tell you the truth. I think, there is no criteria in this country. Except for a select few who are lucky enough to be selected on the basis of merit, most people are hopeless without contacts and references. And maybe even money. Anyways I pity all you poor companies and recruiters. You would have been way better if you had selected people on the basis of fair criteria but you did not. I pity you.

And for the record, You don’t reject me. I reject you and your disvalue system. Down you go!!!