Eh?

[noting_nothing]

"This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested."

If this niggles me, does that mean I am really anal or just anal? ;)

And can I be arsed? Looks to me that they already know who they want for job and this is a formality...

Comments

[becksydee]

i've seen that on a few job ads recently - all NHS ones. it's more likely to be a way of trying to save money on the recruitment procedure i think.

[noting_nothing]

Really? I didn't know that.

I haven't seen that one yet. I keep seeing a lot of "only the first 50 applications will be considered" which makes me laugh - because I know they'd be lucky to get 5 applicants.

I would like to apply for this job - but was initially put off by this vagueness. e.g. What is sufficient? Urgh. Perhaps I'll phone 'em to see if it's still open. The problem is I'm such a procrastinator - that if I don't have a firm deadline to work to, application'll never happen...

[realrealgone]

arggh. that drives me mad! As part of my job (looking for placement opportunities for students) I've come across similar things. And (to me) it seems really selfish on the part of the employer.

It makes it look like the post is so HIGHLY in demand that they won't need to re-advertise... but (more annoyingly) it's a complete cop-out in terms of the application process. 'Sufficient' means what, exactly? Really it means 'until they find someone they like'.

Whilst I'm sure they were genuinely looking when they placed the advert, how do you know (when there is no timescale) if the job has already gone - and that you're not wasting your time applying? I understand why they do it but (intentionally or unintentionally), it completely puts the applicant on the back foot. It doesn't mean that the job is no good though, of course; it just (possibly) means that they have a rather inflated view of themselves as popular employers and have either (at best) thoughtless or (at worst) manipulative HR recruitment policies.

raaaaar.

the end.

[noting_nothing]

It is quite selfish, you're right...

And to be honest, it's not overly inspired me to apply for said job. Which may be my loss (because as with many organisations, HR is soooo separate from the actual job), but I can't be arsed faffing around with ambiguity.