Thursday, October 25, 2007
Today's two minute job getting sure shot fundae - Part 4
You know what is a sure way to ensure you never get too many good jobs in the future?
Disappearing after a job interview, good or bad, and never getting back to the employer.
Last week we had a couple of very eager applications from people wanting to work with JAM in various capacities. We liked both of them, well to a reasonable extent, and then told the pair to start working for us on an immediate basis.
They seemed pleased and went away. We've never heard from them again.
Never do that. If you don't want the offer always inform the person involved. Even if you begged to get the job in the first place. Don't leave employers in the lurch and vaporize away in a cloud of smoke.
And if you can't handle the inconvenient phone call then at least drop an email.
You never know who you will run into when you go for the next job change a few years down the line!
ALWAYS close correspondence after an interview. Eitherways. Don't burn bridges. It is a smaller world than you think.
However, what about the people on the other side of the table? I have lerant from my friends, and faced it at least one time, that companies do not get back to candidates after interviewing them. I understand that it is self explanatory that if you are not contacted, that means you are not selected. But does it really take such a huge effort on the HR team's part to send across a mail saying something like " sorry, the job requirements and your credentials and capabilities are not compatible" . It just gives the candidates a definitive answer in a reasonable timeframe instead of leaving them in mid-air speculation. Because waiting for an answer, specially if you are at a stratefic point in your career or job-change phase, makes you unable to take well informed and timely decisions.
Nothing you can do really except send in a reminder email after a while.
But I guess my approach is to more keep us (i.e. job seekers) in good light always.
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