Question for the HR or business Oppo's

"blacktruck18" (blacktruck14) 08/31/2018 at 11:37 • Filed to: None

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There is a smallish company I want to work for, but the vast majority of their job posting on Linkedin and their company website have errors in them. For example, they have a listing right now that according to the job headline is for an Operations Manager, but the job description is for an Operations Analyst.

1. Should I apply acting like it’s an Operations Manager job?

2. Should I e-mail the HR person attach my resume and tell them I am not sure if they are hiring an Operations Manager, but if they are hiring an Operations Manager here is my resume?

3. Should I e-mail the HR person and tell them you could probably hire better people if you could manage to unfuck yourself and get your job posting correct? BTW, here’s my resume.

I am thinking option 2, however, I don’t want to offend the HR person by pointing out their error.

Thoughts?

random001 > blacktruck18 08/31/2018 at 11:54

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If it's a small company, the candidate may need to do both jobs...

Ash78, voting early and often > blacktruck18 08/31/2018 at 11:57

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#2 is the best, but I’d go with #4: Find a phone number and get in touch with the HR manager. Not only will you be more memorable, but you’ll be the one credited with helping them unfuck themselves. Just be really, really nice and they’ll figure it out.

Downside: They fix the listing and someone else gets the job.

blacktruck18 > random001 08/31/2018 at 11:57

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I don’t think so, the entire job description except for the headline says Operations Analyst. It looks like they copied and pasted the wrong headline or job description and most of their listing have errors of some sort. Not grammatical, stuff similar to this.

blacktruck18 > Ash78, voting early and often 08/31/2018 at 11:59

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Hadn’t thought of that one, that seems like the best option.

OPPOsaurus WRX > blacktruck18 08/31/2018 at 12:05

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this is what I came here to say too.  I’d definately call.  You could try stopping in if its local.  I got a job doing just that.  I was in the area, about to get lunch across the street and just asked if I could leave a resume.  The guy was impressed that I’d just walk in like that and asked if I could stay to chat.  

Textured Soy Protein > blacktruck18 08/31/2018 at 12:08

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Based on my 12 years of recruiting experience, don’t try to reach out to the company before applying.

People suck at writing job descriptions. Job descriptions are not the gospel. People copy and paste shit, they fill out incorrect titles, they add requirements that don’t make sense, and leave in extraneous crap like "must be able to work with others." 

Just apply and see what happens.

Textured Soy Protein > Ash78, voting early and often 08/31/2018 at 12:09

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Or much more likely, the HR manager will say to just go ahead and apply and they'll follow up if they're interested in your resume.

blacktruck18 > Textured Soy Protein 08/31/2018 at 12:38

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People fucking up job descriptions and whatnot seems to be a very common thing. I almost accepted a (borderline dream) job last month, got an offer, was 99% sure I was going to take it then at the last second someone mentioned it being 3rd shift. The listing said 1st shift and at no time did anyone say anything about 3rd shift until then.

I noped straight out of there, it was a huge company too. I would have expected it to have been correct.

EDIT: I was going to do the apply and see but, I r eally want to work for this company.

Textured Soy Protein > blacktruck18 08/31/2018 at 12:46

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One of my career stops was as a career services guy at a tech school. The advice I gave people there and is universal for everyone is to not try too hard to decipher anything from a job description. If it looks like it might be a job you’d like, apply. Worry about the particulars if the company responds to your application.

Companies only reach out to a small portion of people who apply to a given job posting. Either there’s something specific they have in mind for an ideal candidate that they’re using to rule people out, or they have dumb evaluation standards, or people applying just aren’t qualified, or the posting has been up there for a while and they’re well along the way to hiring someone, but they leave the posting up until the new person starts.

For all these reasons, the best thing to do is to apply and move on with your life without giving the job any further thought.  If they get back to you, then you can go back to the job description, figure out any questions you might have, and try to figure out if you’re really interested in the opportunity.

blacktruck18 > Textured Soy Protein 08/31/2018 at 13:14

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But, but, on-site gym and casual clothes.

I am kind of following “ just apply and see what happens” but at the same time I am trying really hard not to be part of the 77 % of Americans who don’t like their jobs. I have been doing quite a bit of research about companies before applying for anything.

Ash78, voting early and often > OPPOsaurus WRX 08/31/2018 at 13:16

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People: (a) are pretty lazy and (b) appreciate confidence

Walking into a place solves both :D

Textured Soy Protein > blacktruck18 08/31/2018 at 13:17

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You can certainly do some research before applying. But the main thing to consider is that you don’t want to spend too much time on it because there’s a good chance you’ll never hear back about your application, or maybe you’ll get a rejection form email in the weeks/months following. Applying  for a job isn’t committing to taking that job. It's expressing your interest in that job 

liam > blacktruck18 08/31/2018 at 16:11

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I would call HR and ask if the description is correct as id does’t seem to align with the job title.  Lots of places put fancy titles on mundane jobs.