I work in Corporate Talent Acquisition. Thank you letters have fallen out of favor (m) |
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By P Money on 10:59:00 04/25/24 [In reply to "Interview and hiring process: Thank you notes from candidates (m)" by LebBuck, posted at 14:44:37 04/24/24] Over the years I have placed a thousand plus people in a role and the thank you letter has moved the needle to a hire only a few times. I have actually seen a poorly worded thank you letter ruin a candidacy as much as I have seen it work. I am indifferent on them and dont require them. If you want to send one go for it and if not, it doesn't do any harm. : Why do some job candidates not send thank you emails to the interviewer or hiring manager after an interview? : I lead a team in my company, and generally hire several people each year. In these roles, the job description and our interviews clearly get across the importance of things like "pays close attention to details", "communicates well with colleagues through the entire project". Things like that. At the end of each interview, we also say, "As you have my email, please feel free to follow up with any questions directly". So, they have the email. They know we are looking for people that attend to key details, etc. : Are thank you letters so out of mind that people just don't do this anymore? I would say I get about 50% of those interviewed sending thank you's. : It just seems that if one wants the job bad enough, this is something that is a no brainer. Not only does it show you paid attention to aspects desired for the role... but that you are truly interested in the role. : Or maybe you have been a candidate and you don't send thank you emails. If so, I'm interested to know why.
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