JOB SEARCH: Avoiding SparkHire

[dewline]

I think that, from now on, if I get a request for a one-way video interview via SparkHire, I am going to e-mail the prospective employer seeking that and say "thanks, but no thanks, I am withdrawing my application". Two prospective employers have asked this of me so far, and it would be best if there weren't a third.

It's not that I don't want a good-fitting job. I do. But my hardware-software mixture at home seems bent on ensuring that I can't use SparkHire as the prospective employers would like me to.

My apologies for this.

Comments

[notasupervillain]

They don't offer an alternative kind of interview? You'd think they also have an interest in getting a good hire.

[dewline]

One of the two prospective employers went to a text questionnaire when I told them what the problem was. I haven't heard back from the other one yet.

[thewayne]

Interesting. I hadn't heard of Sparkhire, but useful info regardless.

I went around turning off and deleting profiles on various job boards yesterday, that was kinda fun! It leads me to wonder where I'm getting messages from, though, as it looks like I don't have my resume anywhere except LinkedIn....

[dewline]

I've been avoiding LinkedIn. This, mainly due to having to pick a career track - only one! - and stick to it. Or so I've been led to understand as being required. My work experience and training - formal and hobby-based - has been somewhat mixed, covering three or four different fields.

[thewayne]

I got on LinkedIn ages ago, long before the MS acquisition and before it was trying to be a social media platform.  It was a different beast back then.  It's never been useful to me.

[dewline]

Something more for me to look into, then.