bbmikej
Well-Known Member
Same. I love how it said that they didn't even look at my application.
Southwest Assistant Dispatcher opening.
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Jarjar Bynx
New Member
Got my TBNT. How many were they hiring? Guess it's a year to try again.
av8or757
Well-Known Member
I took it as they saw it,but had enough candidates to choose from before they got to mine. Or even if they didn't see it...they got enough applicants who fit their needs.
" Due to the high response of candidates, we were able to fill the positions needed. Unfortunately, this was prior to reviewing your information. This position may come available periodically and you are welcome to reapply."
Congrats to all chosen.
Same thing I got.
WannaBeDX
Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I
I got that response and I applied the evening of the day the posting went live (and I want to say it was posted that afternoon).
Oh well, better luck next time I guess.
DispatcherSam
Well-Known Member
Southwest isn't like most airlines. Just like their check in process, the people who apply earliest are the ones rewarded.
Jarjar Bynx
New Member
Considering that the post ran for a week and persons who applied within 5 minutes of the post going live were screened out, the methodology here is a bit off. TBNT letters within ATS are canned, predrafted letters sent in masses when the recruiter moves the job requisition forward on the applicants they want or reject the ones they don't. Most ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems) have a selection to send canned response to thousands at once. I would guess that this was laziness on part of a recruiter who used the same template on all, even if the letter really wasn't correct in all scenarios. You were a number, essentially. That's how recruiting works.
Jarjar Bynx
New Member
There is nothing nice about checking a box to send a mass email with the wrong template. Recruiting is sales, but in the form of people sales. And knowing it very well, seriously don't read so much into the order in which you applied because it means absolutely nothing, about the same as canned letters. They are sent in stages of working a job requisition. They have nothing to do with each of you personally, which is sad but true. When the recruiter finds enough sales, they submit them to the hiring manager. The hiring managers are not the ones who push the button on the mass email. Seriously, YouTube the life cycle of a job requisition for a recruiter. The cycle is the same at EVERY airline who uses applicant tracking software.
bbmikej
Well-Known Member
I had applied about 3 hours after it went live. The only people where I was that got called applied within the first 10-30 minutes. With southwest it pays to keep hitting refresh the day you know it is coming out.
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av8or757
Well-Known Member
That and when they ACTUALLY open the file with your resume it usually goes from "submission received" to. "under review"
Mines went from submission received to closed-complete. No harm no foul. No offense taken.
Jarjar Bynx
New Member
Here again, don't take it personal. Applicant Tracking Systems allow recruiters to filter based on set parameters, keyword searches, and whatever criteria they are looking for. Rarely are those parameters set to filter applications by "time applied." Taleo, iCIMs, Ultipro, most others have percentage matches in the criteria meaning after the preset parameters the recruiter sets in the requ for the basis of automatic disqualification screening, they will see applications sorted by percentage match.
Time you applied? Software doesn't work that way. I'm going to venture and say your TBNT was not personal. Mass email.
WannaBeDX
Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I
Interesting. They might as well go back to the old ways when they would only have the posting up for an hour or so and then quickly take it down. No use in keeping it up for a week.
Still, I'm not really disappointed and I don't mean to complain. It is what it is.
In other news, Southwest posted an opening for crew scheduler yesterday.
https://corporatecareers-southwest....edirect=false&jan1offset=-360&jun1offset=-300
Still, I'm not really disappointed and I don't mean to complain. It is what it is.
In other news, Southwest posted an opening for crew scheduler yesterday.
https://corporatecareers-southwest....edirect=false&jan1offset=-360&jun1offset=-300
Delta Echo
Well-Known Member
Did you read the post by Jarjar Bynx? Going back to the old way would be sure fire dumb. Why limit qualified applicants from applying by only having a posting for a few hours? If it hasn't occurred to you not everyone can hit the apply button at the exact second the posting drops. The posting does need to be up longer like this time and I think Jarjar says the rest quite well, it's up to whoever is scanning apps and company to not segregate the pool to who applied when.
That's Affirm
Has an Active Member
Southwest is a first come first serve airline. Get your resume in ASAP on the day of the posting or you are SOL. I doubt that anyone who submitted a day after it was posted had an opportunity to test. For anyone dead set on WN, every single internal canadate that applies gets to test. Rumor right now is a possible January class.
for seniority sake i hope this is true
kilo
Well-Known Member
I hate to throw water on the fire but this may be pushed back due to the size of the next class. 14 was the original quota but it is possible that the shot-callers are working on increasing that to 20. What was supposed to be a Sept start date has now been officially pushed back into October. Consider that the June '16 class was for 20 and it has taken over a year to reach a hiring need again. However one could retain some capacity for optimism in that international growth may accelerate that need year over year...But that's pure spec