These companies just expect TOO MUCH! - sm

These MTSOs just expect way too much out of someone just APPLYING for a job these days that it has caused me to not even apply anymore.  I need work, but I suppose I don't need it enough to be willing to jump through all of the hoops that they require.  The MT testing site has been aggravating enough, to take so much time on a test, not even knowing if you will get a call back, even if you DO pass.  Lately, like the past 3 jobs I have looked into, their testing process was INSANE!  It was download the application, download 7 voice files, transcribe in "xx" format, save as "xx", upload here, email here, on and on and on.

Perhaps the company is seeing if you can follow instructions and I wouldn't mind proving my abilities to do so, IF they would first check my references, call me, tell me they are interested and THEN ask me to test and spend hours doing all of this unpaid nonsense.  They see it as they aren't gonig to waste THEIR time checking references and such before testing, but I see it as I'm not going to waste MY time testing before I even know if I am considered for the position, so I guess we are at a stand still, lol, which of course it's me who doesn't get the job, no skin off of their back.  Just seems like they would have sense enough to look at a resume and say "Okay, she has 20 years of experience, let me call a couple of companies she worked for" Call them up and THEN call me and ask for further information.

These days, in my area of the country, you have to go and pick your own background check up and my husband recently applied for a few jobs.  When one wanted to hire him they called and had him go pick it up and the job offer was contingent on a clean background.  It would be crazy if they asked him to go pay money and waste time to pick it up just to fill out an application.  MTSOs seem to have no business sense in my opinion.