What reasons have you been given for not getting an offer?
December 6, 2009 by admin
Filed under Job Search
Jeff asked:
When someone is good and thoughtful enough to give you feedback what are they telling you?
Good answers:
As a job seeker most of us try to find a position that will be a really good fit with our past experience and skill set. Sometimes companies may have multiple positions for which a candidate is qualified and I would hate to think that just because I applied to more than one position at the company, that I would be considered irresponsible or that it would have a negative impact.
That being said the gentleman that appled for 12 jobs most of which he was not remotely qualified for probably knows that he was not qualified for all 12. I think that sometimes people just want to get their resumes in the hands of someone at the company and blindly apply to multiple positions hoping that their resume will get looked at by someone in some department and if there is a fit somewhere that they will be contacted.
As far a rejection letters, many companies do not even acknowledge the receipt of a resume much less send out a letter. When applying on line you may get a confirmation of submission if you are lucky but it is just a standard format – we will review your resume and contact you in the event that we want to interview you. End of story.
I do believe 100% that if a candidate goes to an in person interview, whether it be one interview or multiple interviews they should be kept in the loop. If after the first interview you decide not to pursue the candidate give them the courtesy of a call and let them know. If you have had multiple interviews and decided to weed them out at some point call and let them know.
You never know when the time may come that the candidate may have someone to refer to you, whether they may be in a position someday to contract for your services to fill a position for a company in which they are now working.
Candidates can deal with you hiring another candidate. What is hard to deal with is when there is no communication after in person interviews. If you select someone else let the candidate know so that they can move on.