Surprised by the lack of effort from candidates
As someone who has been on the job hunt desperately before I'm shocked to see how candidates aren't trying harder. I'm on a hiring team, but not the hiring manager, and I would be working in partnership- extremely close - with this position.
So far every candidate hasn't asked me one question- nothing about how we'd be working together or my thoughts about the company. Nothing. Only 1 has sent a thank you email to follow up. Only 2 looked me up on LinkedIn. Only about half dressed professional.
As much as I know first hand how bad and competitive the job market is, you'd think people would try a bit more when there's 100s of other qualified candidates.
On a related note, we were hiring for my position in a different department so I have a ton of connections on LinkedIn that do what I do. When I would see them recommend their colleagues who had been recently laid off, I would comment for them to reach out to me and that I could get their resume in front of a hiring manager. I wanted to pay it forward since I remember how frustrating job searching is. Not one person reached out.
It's hard to feel bad for people who won't help themselves.