I once got banned from Yelp for scraping. (I was indeed scraping, but it was for a class project. Nothing nefarious. So the ban was fair, and I was expecting it.) They have some mechanism for getting unbanned that I don’t remember at the moment. So I did that. Crickets. Still banned. Did it a couple more times. Nothing. Weeks pass. F!! So I filled out a yelp job application with random fake great-sounding stuff, and in the cover letter explained that it was fake but your unbanning system doesn’t work. Unbanned in (as I recall) under 24hrs !! and got an email both apologizing for the problem and asking if I wanted to come in for a job interview. (Since this was my real account they knew perfectly well who I was and presumably looked up my LinkedIn profile, or something, since I told them that the filled in resume was faked just to get their attention.)
Moral of the story (maybe?): Just fill the thing as needed to get through the automatic gate-keeper, then wow them in your cover letter and real uploaded resume. Maybe some - maybe even most - will be pissed off, but you only need one job!
>> Moral of the story (maybe?): Just fill the thing as needed to get through the automatic gate-keeper, then wow them in your cover letter and real uploaded resume. Maybe some - maybe even most - will be pissed off, but you only need one job!
Unless Taleo blocks you centrally and now you cant apply to half the companies in the world.
I haven't looked in awhile, but I used to just back out when I encountered a Taleo-powered job application website. Their search interface was terrible, and there was no way to open job descriptions in a new tab with middle click. No idea if they've fixed their garbage interface but it left such a bad taste that I avoid it entirely.
This hasnt happened to me, but I was countering the original post -- doing strange things (scraping, automated resume submissions) are not things that just jeopardize you from one company -- they could theoretically jeopardize you from all the companies that use a single platform (Taleo, Greenhouse, Lever.co, etc.)
Scraping Taleo (or any such thing) is not what I proposed. I proposed highlighting your positives (perhaps burnishing them a bit, but you’re not under oath, and who doesn’t!) to get through the automatic agism filter and then clarify, amplify, and convince in your real resume and letter.
Moral of the story (maybe?): Just fill the thing as needed to get through the automatic gate-keeper, then wow them in your cover letter and real uploaded resume. Maybe some - maybe even most - will be pissed off, but you only need one job!