An email template for candidates frustrated with unresponsive employers
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Re: An email template for candidates frustrated with unresponsive employers
#2Awesome! I have committed this sin myself. :(
Re: An email template for candidates frustrated with unresponsive employers
#3The reason you don't get a reply (in the US anyways) is for legal reasons. If you say anything which could be even remotely (mis)interpreted as some sort of bias, your company could lose lots of money/time and potentially go bankrupt due to a discrimination lawsuit.
It's sadly safer to just not reject candidates at all. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
Re: An email template for candidates frustrated with unresponsive employers
#4The reason you don't get a reply (in the US anyways) is for legal reasons. If you say anything which could be even remotely (mis)interpreted as some sort of bias, your company could lose lots of money/time and potentially go bankrupt due to a discrimination lawsuit. It's sadly safer to just not reject candidates at all. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
This is merely a convenient excuse for companies behaving inconsiderately. Since many companies in the U.S. do send rejection emails, it's clearly one of any number of other reasons why some companies neglect this basic courtesy. The silver lining is, you probably don't want to work for these companies anyway :)
Re: An email template for candidates frustrated with unresponsive employers
#5What is ironic is I had no reply on a job posting on landing.jobs after talking directly with landing.jobs too. I was able to leave feedback directly through the site that the company was unresponsive, but landing.jobs hasn't communicated since that feedback.
Update: Proof http://imgur.com/m34rFUX
Re: An email template for candidates frustrated with unresponsive employers
#6The reason you don't get a reply (in the US anyways) is for legal reasons. If you say anything which could be even remotely (mis)interpreted as some sort of bias, your company could lose lots of money/time and potentially go bankrupt due to a discrimination lawsuit. It's sadly safer to just not reject candidates at all. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
This is merely a convenient excuse for companies behaving inconsiderately. Since many companies in the U.S. do send rejection emails, it's clearly one of any number of other reasons why some companies neglect this basic courtesy. The silver lining is, you probably don't want to work for these companies anyway :)
I have often found myself working _for_ people who had the same negative experiences at other companies, so not only do all bad hiring practices create negative reputation, they create an entire class of people who would be perfectly happy if you didn't exist at all. :)
Re: An email template for candidates frustrated with unresponsive employers
#7The reason you don't get a reply (in the US anyways) is for legal reasons. If you say anything which could be even remotely (mis)interpreted as some sort of bias, your company could lose lots of money/time and potentially go bankrupt due to a discrimination lawsuit. It's sadly safer to just not reject candidates at all. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
A simple "you are no longer being considered for the [x] position, thank you for your application" is all most people are looking for.
Re: An email template for candidates frustrated with unresponsive employers
#8Would love to actually see someone's response to this.
Re: An email template for candidates frustrated with unresponsive employers
#9I recall a friend ~12 months ago (in their final year of university), hearing positive news back from IBM after 6+ months of silence since their interview, by which point they had accepted a job elsewhere.
I expect some companies prefer not to officially reject, so they have more applicants to potentially consider for future positions, although many may have taken jobs elsewhere by this point.
Re: An email template for candidates frustrated with unresponsive employers
#10I've hired people before, and usually when it comes time to send rejection emails it can be very hard.
If someone clearly isn't right for the job, you owe it to them to mention why- I'm an engineer, I work in absolutes and "Culture fit" or something so wishy-washy doesn't roll well off my fingers.
But how do you tell people that they lack basic knowledge or experience in certain areas without sounding bitchy or attacking.
Even worse is the ones that interviewed well, or showed significant competence.. yet were not as strong as another candidate.
I agree it's wrong to send nothing- but it can be hard to formulate a pleasant email.. especially if you've interviewed many people. (10-15 at my last employment, I was replacing myself and had limited time to document/check everything).