<blockquote class="Quote" rel="thatbadguy">Hi guys. I'm still looking for work for two months now. I apply mostly thru Seek and hanggang "Employer viewed your application" lang, no calls after that. Last Sunday night, I was browsing Seek and looked for newly posted jobs within my area then I saw this job position which suits my experience. It was freshly posted on Sunday (may nakalagay na 5 hours ago) and I decided to apply dahil sa isip ko it was the best time dahil Monday kinabukasan, for sure nasa office ang mga employers. Then today I received a rejection email from them saying they had shortlisted and I was not selected blah blah blah.
As I was reading the rejection letter from the employer, I realized na na attached pala ng employer yung email mismo from Seek nung nag notify na may application sila na na receive (which comes from me) tapos I saw this.
Please see the attached picture. Yung nakafill ng red details ko yun.
So yung first na mag a appear pala sa employers e yung recent job title mo, company, time in role...then they can short list or reject you without even taking a look at your resume (look at the button at the bottom left "Shortlist candidate? Shotlist, Not suitable")
Kasi yung button na "Get the full picture, View Applicant" yun yung mag automatic email sayo yung Seek na naview yung application mo from the employer eh hindi ako naka receive ng ganung email from this employer. It just means he rejected me straight away basing on my recent job title. Yung responsibilities ko tugma sa job post (if only employers will read my resume) pero yung job title kasi hindi kaya yun din siguro yung naisip kong isang reason. Kaya I am thinking of changing it to my first job, na may "Engineer" title in it, kasi baka may chance pa. Okay lang kaya?</blockquote>
I wonder how a posting can be fresh on Sunday, but then already has a shortlist on Monday. May mga organisations rin na perfunctory na lang ang pag post sa Seek para lang masabi na pinublic yung role, pero internally, meron na silang preferred applicant.
As long as including "Engineer" in your title is backed up by actual Engineer qualifications and experience, then I guess okay lang. My suspicion though in your case is the former. It had nothing to do with your qualification. They probably never intended to seek external applicants anyway.