Comments on Defending Pandora: Manners On Both Sides of the Table

The Americorps system is pretty harsh - if you don...

2008-05-24T01:14:00.000-04:00

The Americorps system is pretty harsh - if you don't want to consider an applicant (and many appear unqualified,) when you delete them from the queue they are sent an automated reject message. I don't really love the thought of that but I suppose it does take care of things at a certain level...

I call that the internet blank stare. So frustrati...

2008-05-23T10:38:00.000-04:00

I call that the internet blank stare. So frustrating. But now I am compulsive about returning emails!

@ Matt-- Exactly! Certainly it's not fun to deliv...

2008-05-23T10:03:00.000-04:00

@ Matt-- Exactly! Certainly it's not fun to deliver the bad news, but it's still their responsibility to tell you if you did or didn't get the job. Particularly when everyone tells you to be so persistent in following up, why should I waste my time doing so, when they have no intention of hiring me?

You were posted on universal hub this morning (tha...

2008-05-23T09:10:00.000-04:00

You were posted on universal hub this morning (thats how I found it)...

I agree, it is rude and inconsiderate to not send anything out to an applicant. Some companies have an automated system that will email EVERYBODY who applies telling them they recieved the application, and then an email saying that youve been rejected. I once spent 3 hours, you heard that right, interviewing for a job and was not given an answer by HR until a week after they reposted. It was a crazy interview system with multiple levels (for 30,000 a year, not CEO levels mind you lol) and I made it all the way to the top. An email saying "Thanks but no thanks" would have been nice.