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.
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I did as well. I was so very fortunate to get every job I applied for. I was so blessed.
“Sounds desperate to me.”
Not to a civilian.
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.
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!
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.
Everyone has an opinion, but I’ve seen it work too often to disregard it.
Well, the guys with beards like Chuck Todd look like a$$holes anyway. IMOHO
Do you really expect human resources to put up a sign saying “Be Sure and Write a Thank-You Note?”
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.
Nope. I taught the opposite in 60+ Job Hunting classes.
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.
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.
And don't wear your baseball hat - even if you're applying for a job with a baseball team.
(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
No, desperate would be to enclose a $50.00 bribe with the thank you note.
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
“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.
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.
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
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