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<\/p>\nFeedback heard from jobseekers reflect a common sentiment \u2014 they feel completely alone, a recruiter says.<\/p>\n
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Recruitment Director Jenni Tontti from aTalent. Image: Kristiina Lehto \/ Yle<\/p>\n
With long-term unemployment rising rapidly in Finland, recruiters say they are facing frustrated, distressed, and sometimes aggressive behaviour from jobseekers in their daily work.<\/p>\n
In a tough job market, the growing number of applicants per open position means more people are left feeling dejected at the end of each recruitment process.<\/p>\n
“People have threatened to show up and confront us, questioned the recruiter’s competence and accused them of being too young for the job. They’ve dug up the recruiter’s information online and complained about a lack of decades of work experience,” said Jenni Tontti<\/strong>, aTalent’s Recruitment Director.<\/p>\n A really lousy recruiter. Completely incompetent person for recruitment. Doesn’t understand anything.<\/p>\n Feedback received by aTalent<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n There’s been some outright swearing and insults in the feedback, but mostly the jobseekers’s comments reflect a common sentiment \u2014 they feel completely alone, according to Tontti.<\/p>\n She said applicants feel no one cares and their messages go unread and unanswered, noting that this shift in mood began last autumn and has worsened this spring.<\/p>\n In the first half of the year, aTalent facilitated the employment of 206 people out of 19,120 applicants.<\/p>\n “The biggest change was in the IT sector. A couple of years ago, we had to hunt for workers, but now there aren’t enough jobs for all the skilled professionals.”<\/p>\n\n