I arranged employee referrals from Microsoft , Visa , Arcesium , Walmart but no response came not even rejection its almost 1 month. Is there any other trend prevailing in market? Or more precisely Am I approaching in the wrong way?
It’s pretty well known that Microsoft referrals are useless
I even doubt most of the open positions are real or not. The companies that setup recently in India would have real open positions I presume.
Most companies like amazon post fake job openings
I've heard from recruiters in Flipkart and Microsoft that many times they forget to delist the opening once it gets filled. Also, sometimes they intentionally keep it open to build potential candidate database since there's always someone resigning.
Microsoft HRs will take at-least 3-4 months before reviewing referral
Employees referrals won't work in companies like Apple, Microsoft , etc. Unless the person contacts the hiring manager and recommended you personally, these referrals seldom lead to interviews.
I believe referrals are no longer effective because people get referrals pretty easily from fishbowl, online platforms without actually knowing the person. This makes the referral pool similar to regular pool, given the less conversion ratio because of this, companies have started taking referrals with less priority as compared to earlier times. The kind of actual referral that works when someone would personally speak to hiring manager and put a good word for you. Which i think is actually referring someone.
The concept of referrals via fishbowl, etc due to greed of referral bonus has caused this mode of recruitment almost useless or less effective.
However one should keep on trying with referrals as it might just work sometime. Rest, i guess best effective method is to use connects, explore and understand open roles in companies you are targeting and then reaching out to HRs and hiring managers on LinkedIn to further explore and get an interview.
I mean its so hard to get a referral or is it just me? Basically,
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