As the sole HR Generalist of an org with 150 employees, catering to every single applicant calling to apply or to get “an update” on their application is just too much for me to handle daily.
There would be times where the same person would call me thrice in one day. I try to be patient and not sound frustrated because I know the job market sucks right now but gosh, applicants are overly assertive.
I would tell them that they will only be contacted if they’ve been shortlisted for an interview but they seem to tune out that part of the call. We include that statement in the job posting as well.
Fellow HR people, how do you approach this? 🥲