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Yes, you really do have to send a thank-you note after a job interview—here's why
CNBC ^ | April 30, 2019 | Kerri Anne Renzulli

Posted on 10/24/2019 12:53:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Yes, you need to send a thank-you note after a job interview.

This might be unwelcome news, especially if you sided against the somewhat old-fashioned practice at the center of the recent, highly contentious online debate surrounding an article by Business Insider executive managing editor Jessica Liebman. In a post for Business Insider, Liebman wrote that when she first started hiring, she came up with "a simple rule: We shouldn't move a candidate to the next stage in the interview process unless they send a thank-you email."

Plenty of people disagreed with Liebman, but her stance gets at the very heart of why it is always better as a job seeker to err on the side of caution and send a thank-you note: You never know what the hiring manager may consider a deal-breaker.

While not all hiring managers take thank-you notes as seriously as Liebman, 80% find such messages helpful when reviewing candidates, according to a survey by Accountemps.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: careers; hypocrisy; interviewing; interviews; jobs; liftisttripe
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To: Psalm 73

I did as well. I was so very fortunate to get every job I applied for. I was so blessed.


41 posted on 10/24/2019 1:46:14 PM PDT by Engedi (ui)
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To: Mr Rogers

“Sounds desperate to me.”

Not to a civilian.


42 posted on 10/24/2019 1:46:42 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: GulfMan

Sending a thank you letter to the person/people who you interviewed with is just good etiquette. It means you are interested and motivated. I interviewed for an internal position yesterday and send a thank you note to the person who interviewed me, even though I have previously had dinner with him.


43 posted on 10/24/2019 1:46:44 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (When you think about what the left is doing to America, think no further than Cloward-Piven)
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To: siamesecats
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.

Me too. The prompt thank you note is an opportunity confirm your understanding of what the job entails and to reiterate your value proposition for your prospective employer in a few crisp bullet points. It never hurts!

44 posted on 10/24/2019 1:48:08 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
You never know what the hiring manager may consider a deal-breaker.

But I do know what kind of person and organization I want to work with.

I choose not to deal with unwritten, deal-breaking HR rules.

45 posted on 10/24/2019 1:49:58 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: GulfMan

Everyone has an opinion, but I’ve seen it work too often to disregard it.


46 posted on 10/24/2019 1:50:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: EEGator; All

Well, the guys with beards like Chuck Todd look like a$$holes anyway. IMOHO


47 posted on 10/24/2019 1:51:40 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: Mr.Unique

Do you really expect human resources to put up a sign saying “Be Sure and Write a Thank-You Note?”


48 posted on 10/24/2019 1:53:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Mr Rogers

Another problem is how this can come across wrong. Say too much or too little, and it hurts you. If you don’t have the contact information, you can’t send it.


49 posted on 10/24/2019 1:54:38 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nope. I taught the opposite in 60+ Job Hunting classes.


50 posted on 10/24/2019 1:56:11 PM PDT by Drango (1776 = 2020)
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To: babble-on

My feeling is that anyone who has been interviewed, unless they withdrew from the process on their own, should receive some feedback about someone else was hired or reasons... I expect part of the fear for hiring managers, is that they will be taken to court for some discrimination issue, so they might feel that the less said, the safer/better.

When I was involved in hiring, which was over about a 30-year time span, I would always communicate with those who interviewed to let them know that the position was filled, if they were not selected.


51 posted on 10/24/2019 1:56:36 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Do you really expect human resources to put up a sign saying “Be Sure and Write a Thank-You Note?”

If they did, I'd expect the sign to be grammatically correct.

52 posted on 10/24/2019 1:59:33 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
we used to call that common courtesy ..
53 posted on 10/24/2019 2:00:31 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd ((>> M A G A << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Polished shoes, bring a well-done resume on nice paper, ironed or dry-cleaned outfit

And don't wear your baseball hat - even if you're applying for a job with a baseball team.

54 posted on 10/24/2019 2:02:08 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: LIConFem

(Not that anyone posting on this thread seems to think the notes are necessary or of value...…)

How about like this:

Dear Mr. Interviewer:
Thank you so much for the chance to visit with you about the opening for the [NAME OF JOB] position we discussed today.

I really appreciate your time, as well as your input as to the factors that will affect the hiring decision.

I am very interested in being considered for the position, and hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,
ETC


55 posted on 10/24/2019 2:05:25 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: Mr Rogers

No, desperate would be to enclose a $50.00 bribe with the thank you note.


56 posted on 10/24/2019 2:24:53 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

At my request (I’m 72) the company I work for hired someone I could treat as a protégé. I’m sure that when he came in for interviews, he met with all sorts of people that had little to do with the hiring decision. I liked him. I have no idea whether he sent a thank you note or not. I’ve been working with him for three-quarters of a year now.

ML/NJ


57 posted on 10/24/2019 2:28:29 PM PDT by ml/nj (eeter hope ther are no statue)
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To: ladyjane

“And don’t wear your baseball hat”

I changed from sales to machinist in my thirties. It took me a while that a suit was a bad idea when interviewing for a position as a machinist. Clean cloths, a little better than used on the shop floor.

And yes, a thank you note to the jobs I would like after seeing the company during the interview. I think the people in sales paid more attention to them then the people on the shop floor.


58 posted on 10/24/2019 2:32:42 PM PDT by fproy2222 ( Good Common sense depends on who you are in common with.)
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To: LIConFem

That’s how I see it too. It seems like HR is just trying to elevate their own importance here.

For some positions, like software engineering, you may have many that are just introverts but are extremely talented. I’d hate to lose talent because of the ego’s in HR. I’m the one interviewing them, if I say I want to hire are they going to say “no” because they didn’t get their “thank you” note?

I’m also well aware that many HR depts don’t ever notify the candidates that have been dropped in the process. Courtesy is a two-way street.


59 posted on 10/24/2019 2:44:20 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: 1Old Pro
Frankly, the interview process 99% of companies use is flawed.

I'm probably done with "interviews." But for the past few decades, my interviews have been coronations probably more for me to decide if I wanted the job than if the interviewers wanted me.

I'm a technical guy.

My advice to anyone like myself is to do whatever you can to avoid HR types like the plague. All they understand is buzzwords and bullsh*t. If you take pride in your resume, and print it nicely formatted on quality paper, make sure you bring copies to give to whomever you speak with. The HR folks will have xeroxed it on cheap paper for everyone else; and if an agency submitted your resume they probably will have re-written it in a manner you would barely recognize.

Long ago, I showed up for an interview and the receptionist handed me a job application. I told her I didn't do applications and she nearly passed out. I told the HR guy that I would be happy to answer any questions they had if they thought they wanted me to work for them, and that they could change their minds if there were something in the list of schools and addresses that disturbed them. The HR guy just passed me on to the guy I was going to work for, and whom I did go to work for.

When I showed up the first day, there was a different girl at the receptionist's post. My first receptionist was inside and she saw me, and said to another girl, "That's the one who wouldn't fill out the application!"

ML/NJ

60 posted on 10/24/2019 2:54:09 PM PDT by ml/nj (eeter hope ther are no statue)
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