A couple months ago, I applied through Indeed.com. One week after submitting my application, I was contacted through e-mail by a recruiter to set up a phone interview. One week after the phone interview, I had two in-person interviews at the Madison headquarters, each a week apart. The interviews were smooth, simple, straight-forward, and about forty minutes each. At my last interview they expressed interest and told me the final step would be a 10-15 minute teaching sample/presentation. They let me know it would take a little while to coordinate so I was prepared to wait a little while. I went home and prepared my presentation. I waited two weeks and did not hear anything, so I gathered letters of recommendation from my last three bosses and sent them to the man conducting my interviews in a friendly e-mail. A week later, I still had not heard back. I called many times that week and was unable to get through, so I left a voicemail. I never heard from them again. With an Associate's with an emphasis in Education and Diversity, a Bachelor's in Communications, Spanish, and Public Relations, five years employee training at my current customer service job, and four years curriculum development and teaching ages kindergarten through middle-aged adult of various economic and cultural backgrounds (plus a tangible, successful track record), I thought I would be a solid fit for this position. Although what I am most disappointed about is that I was not given the simple respect of someone taking a mere two minutes out of their day to send me an e-mail or give me a quick phone call to let me know I was out of the running. To me, this speaks volumes about a company's professionalism, organization, and ethics.
