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Job application wants me to contact HR? (non-MT))

Posted: Oct 28, 2014

Last week I applied for a position in a hospital (not an MT position). I submitted my application and resume online via their website. Today I looked at my application status and it says "Please contact Human Resources."

Now, I have only held a few jobs in my life, so maybe this is the way they do it now... but does that seem strange to anyone else that they want ME to get in touch with THEM? Any other time I have applied for a position, HR contacted me to set up an interview.

And the kicker: The contact information for Human Resources isn't even listed on that part of the website, so now I guess I have to research which phone number to call.

Weird.

;

Seems fine to me - see msg

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They may need more information from you. Your application might have gotten you through step one (possibly an automated screening), and now they are contacting you for step two. They might not be ready to interview you yet.

I would go with the flow on this. Don't over-analyze it and don't become annoyed that they didn't phone you, or that they did not hand you the HR number on a silver salver, or anything else. If you want the job, just do what they ask. Make an effort to get the job.

Employers today get hundreds of applications from all kinds of people. A lot of them only apply because unemployment requires it. They won't check back online, nor will they look up numbers. Some don't know how to find numbers, believe it or not. A lot of what you see in the employment process is intended to weed people out.

I never said I wouldn't make the effort - OP

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I am going to call them this morning. Obviously I can figure out how to get in touch with HR. I was just making commentary on how it struck me weird that the hiring process would change so much in a few years, that it all.

Not weird - Good luck

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If it's a legitimate hospital, asking you to contact them via e-mail is not weird at all. Maybe they want you to contact them to set up an interview, they are doing it electronically instead of over the phone. If the hospital has a main contact number, call that and ask for HR. If they're local, look them up in the phone book (remember those?) or stop in and see them in person. I've applied for jobs where all the communication was done electronically, even internal jobs are handled that way. In a world where people can schedule and confirm doctor appointments on line and a lot of other things, it is no surprise. If I were applying for a job and received something like that via e-mail, I wouldn't question it at all.

I agree with the OP, it's not the norm - Anon

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I've applied for many jobs and have been contacted to interview for quite a few of them. However, I have never received an email asking me to call HR. That just seems a little odd to me.

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