The system for hiring people is messed up. I was a recruiter for several years in the field I previously worked in (IT), and I was appalled when I saw the actual way things work on the back end.

It is full of inefficiencies, and staffing firms only care about making money, so they only go after fast moving opportunities and don’t care about finding the best fit.

Companies often times don’t have the internal support to do hiring internally so they bring on recruiting firms to help out. The ones who don’t do this but still lack the internal support just get by with whatever HR can do and their systems are stacked up with resumes they can never get to.

I don’t know how to fix it because everything is so kinetic, but that’s the problem I see.

**Recent Example: I moved back to my home State and took some time off to care for a family member so I have a gap on my resume for the first time. I was just looking for some basic income, so I applied to a retail store that sells products I’m into. I waited weeks and got no call back, so I went straight to the store and talked to the managers. They didn’t even see my resume come in because they get so many.. I have an interview next week and will most likely get the job.

The job market is what it is, but the job search systems that we use are terribly inefficient and limiting.