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THE RESUME & INTERVIEW FEEDBACK "BLACK HOLE"....

Technology is advancing in every aspect of our society. New planets are being discovered, we are making progress fighting diseases, we have the ability to split atoms... THEN WHY THE HELL CAN'T SOMEONE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MY RESUME HAS BEEN RECEIVED...OR AFTER MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS WHY DO I SUDDENLY HEAR NOTHING??? How many times have you heard about this "RESUME BLACK HOLE"? I speak to candidates everyday who tell me "I sent my resume to the "Career" or "Current Openings" page on a corporate website and never heard back." There are several reasons for this LACK OF CONTACT - it still takes a human being to sift through the hundreds, sometimes thousands of resumes being received....and choose yours to respond to - many job postings are "stale" or "bait" postings - simply meant to keep candidate traffic flowing into their resume database - you may simply be UNQUALIFIED for the position you are applying to....and therefore - this