Hi, just wanna rant… As a job seeker right now who also has taken a long career break but still has no idea what i wanna do (altho i kinda exaggerated saying i am clear but is just to get job, in fact i am still confused as I spent my days lying on bed scrolling tiktok)
But anyways back to topic of job search, while I understand why the purpose of an application form, personality test and all but i really have no idea why companies keep asking us to fill an application form when I have already sent a resume. And worse is if I do not gurantee the job interview even… I find it frustrating that recruitment processes requires us to fill like not so useful application form when number 1, i have submitted a resume and number 2 I might not even gurantee an interview slot. I wouldnt be so negative about this if I have an interview opportunity but nopes. Especially why do i need to fill up my family details when i am not even an employee in the company yet like err. And i would be glad if they reply me whether if i got the job instead of leaving me standing on the cliff waiting to jump down.
Hais i get that feeling like aint even an automated reply saying that you didnt get the job sometimes it gets annoying but i guess sometimes we gotta take things into our own hands and email in to ask. At least if its a job we really want we know that we have tried
Hey @anonymous341 thanks for sharing your experience and honestly I get that feeling, it sucks…I also don’t understand the many tests companies go through just to hire someone. One person even told me before “oh they are testing your endurance and how much you want this job, if you are not even willing to go through this process, it shows that you might not want it as bad”, which till this day I find it so ridiculous. I once filled up a long personality test and assessment test that lasted for 1-2 hours, only to be told my job was cancelled…
And when you mentioned family details, like definitely, they have no right to know just in the recruitment process, so I do find that silly and insensitive of them. So your frustrations are totally valid
But on a better side, at least we know what kind of company this is if their recruitment is like this, hope you dodge a bullet there. I hope you could find a good and non-toxic company in the future, rooting for you! Feel free to chat anytime about this again
Been in yr shoes, from 2020 abt 2yrs i was sending out Cvs, being turned down for interv. / Having old parents nag me “shld go outside to work” tho i had a temp online gig going. Coz of health issues, i dw to commute far.
Indeed is tough, hang in there. Try to find a career search mentor, Image mission. Better than Wda
@Enie yes the con of Sg recruitments is the fam section… which of us got to choose young hippy parents? Mine quite old, some hrs asked me why they so old or why im not yet married
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@Fenrispro Definitely not a reasonable demand but I feel they have their reasons (although not very good reasons). If it’s a brief description I find it okay, but detailed then it’s sort of a red flag for me personally
but i guess sometimes we gotta take things into our own hands and email in to ask. At least if its a job we really want we know that we have tried 
or why im not yet married