Basically title. How does UVA HR look at candidates that have more than 1 open application at a time? I’ve been hesitant to apply to more than 1 role at once until I’m “not selected” in Workday and it’s closed out, but their timeline can be slow. If there are 2 positions with similar responsibilities and salary range, is it acceptable to apply to them both, even if one is still “in progress” in Workday?
Also, how do hiring managers/your future supervisor look at this?
What things should I keep in mind if I go down this path? Same hiring manager or different? Risks? Pros/cons?
I have found roles I’m interested in on the academic and health system side.
Any idea how this time of year (late-December/early-January) affects candidates? Less applicants, more? Same pace of offers extended, or slows?
Thank you in advance for any insights!
Apply to whichever roles interest you. I’ve been a part of interviews where the candidates have multiple interviews the same day/week with other areas. People generally don’t care unless you’re blatant in your interview that other roles interest you more than the one you’re currently interviewing for.
HR does not care. Different units (departments, colleges, heck even academia vs the health system) even have different HR people so it really doesn’t matter that much.
UVA hiring manager here (albeit my team is just about as small as possible), but nobody cares or watches this metric - especially if the positions are across different schools, or units. If they do care, I don't think I would want to work for such an individual in the first place.
UVA is exceptionally supportive of internal moves and wouldn’t care if someone had applied to other roles.
Two isn't many at all. But be sure to customize your cover letters. Nothing was more disconcerting than seeing cover letter expressing interest in everything but what the job I was looking to fill required. A few people were clearly applying to every open position in our job group even when they had none of the required skills. I'm sure the HR staff got tired of sorting the same person out of seven of the 10 open positions at that time.