Posted on 10/24/2019 12:53:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I knew a manager who only hired people who sent hand-written ones.
Agreed.
It’s a shame this practice has fallen away with younger generations. But just sending a thank you note after receiving a gift appears to be dead too.
When did it become okay to be so put out at the prospect of sending a thank you note, that you no longer have to?
Showing Gratitude is a virtuous act, and people will notice
That’s a great point. I think a lot of jobs get hundreds of applications, but if you’ve interviewed, and sometimes more than once, they ought to let you know they made another choice, just so you’re not left feeling like you’re not worth dog crap to them.
My clients at the Job Service had great results when they implemented that technique. Now Des Moines, Iowa might be different than Manhattan, but people are people.
A place that let’s something as meaningless as a fake Thank You note decide if you are worthy to hire isn’t a place you want to work at anyhow.
Actually one time when hiring, we had 5 equal candidates for 2 positions, as the tie breaker I choose the two who didn’t send the Thank You notes. They worked out fine.
It may be desperate.
But so is waiting to hear back after an interview.
Waiting to hear a call that never comes.
> Does a thank-you email count?
Yep. I’m in software development and people hiring me would think you’re a little quirky for sending snail mail.
Worse yet, you’d look like maybe a luddite.
lol
or, if she doesnt drop you off, and then come pick you up, after changing your bedsheets.
The very day President Trump was sworn in, I went to an interview where the drug tester actually came in to collect a pee sample before the first interview question. That was a first, but it made sense. Why waste time with an interview if they can't pass a drug test?
How about thanking them for the interview and asking them if it’s OK to call them next week to see how the selection process is going?
That shows gratitude AND a continued interest.
Don’t expect any potential employer to send you an acknowledgement of application or rejection notice these days. They cull data but rarely respond unless they are calling you in:
I never received a thank you card from anyone that was later terminated, used drugs, threatened people at work or knowingly stole from the company.
Every job I ever had, and there were only a few, I obtained because I had written a thank you note. I was told that every single time.
Nothing replaces good manners.
Utter waste of time, just keep looking, don’t waste your time doing stuff like writing a thank you job for an interview. They aren’t doing you a favor by interviewing you, give me a break.
I don’t believe you but it sounds nice to say.
Not only that, I always have saved or came up with one follow up question for every person I interview with (in my career it’s not uncommon to have 5 and as many as 9 interviews starting with company recruiter and working up to CEO) to keep them engaged.
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