I applied on the Sears website and within minutes received an invitation to a phone screen interview and a link to schedule a date and time. I did exactly this, and would end up having to reschedule twice because the phone screener either never called or “had something come up” right before the scheduled phone screen. I ended up having the phone screen almost a full week after it was originally scheduled and feel this may have ultimately cost me the position. The phone screen went very well and I ended up being scheduled for a formal phone interview with the hiring manager a few days later. That interview also seemed to go well with the hiring manager often sounding like she was going to offer me the job on the spot. Only that wasn’t the case as several days later I received a canned “thank you for your interest but we have decided to go with someone else” letter. The rejection stung tremendously as I really felt like I was doing them a favor by even applying. Sears has been struggling with a lot of turn over. I would have been a great hire someone who not only would have been great at the job but who also would have stuck around and moved into other positions. This would be kind of like being shot down by the homeliest girl in school or Payton Manning offering to come out of retirement and Quarterback The Cleveland Browns but being told “no thank you, we aren’t interested.” The position required very little experience and I brought to the table 12 years of effective selling experience. Apparently the “talent acquisition” people either have no idea for talent, or have an eye for it but feel threatened by it.