kingofthenet on 9/4/2006 at 02:20
Back in High School, My Guidance Counsular once told me, He said "King" it's not Who you Know, it's who you Blow...I think he was doing me a "solid" there...Oh, he was fired soon afterwards for fucking a Freshman...
Fringe on 9/4/2006 at 02:23
Quote Posted by Ko0K
I never heard of the thank-you note tradition. As far as I'm concerned, the only way to get a job is to be the right person for it.
That presupposes the hiring system is rational.
Ko0K on 9/4/2006 at 02:53
Quote Posted by Fringe
That presupposes the hiring system is rational.
That's why I could never imagine myself working for a mega-corporation. It's cool that there are more opportunities for upward or lateral progression, but I don't think I can put up with standardized BS.
descenterace on 9/4/2006 at 03:40
I'd rather have a job with a small, sensible company that didn't offer any career advancement than have to navigate and endure the kind of bullshit I'd be lumbered with at a big company.
This is why I have no particular desire to find another job when I finish Uni. I'm good at what I do right now, and the boss doesn't want rid of me.
Heaven.
Kyloe on 9/4/2006 at 10:07
Interesting. I'm actually writing a letter of application, trying to come up with a good reason for why I want to quit my job in a small company where I get to play with a new security product every other week in favour of a much more static/boring job as an administrator with an airline.
We're only three people, so if I have any complaints I can just walk over to my boss and ask him directly to sort it out. That's the theory. In fact, although he listens and makes promises, he never acts upon them. I had to beg for weeks to be given a mobile phone, so that I don't need to ask customers to lend me their phone when I'm on site. When I finally got a mobile, it was a ten-year-old model, the size of a walkie-talkie. It does the job, but you can bet that every customer has a funny thing to say about it. It's so big that the airport security asked me to explain why I brought a radio device with me.
But can I say so in a letter to a potential new boss? Should I write that I can manage a boring job for the sake of a higher pay, corporate procedures, and free flights? I don't think so.
Dia on 9/4/2006 at 14:33
A couple years ago I lost my job (of 8 yrs.) to outsourcing. I'd registered with several employment agencies (waste of time, actually, because I landed my current job without their interference help) and each agency rep said the same thing. It's considered good 'interviewing etiquette' to send a thank you card/note/e-mail after interviewing for a job (whew! I almost said 'position' *giggles to self*). However, that's usually only if you're interviewing for a job with a medium to large corporation. Smaller businesses could give a flying rat's ass about thank you cards. They seem to care more if you're suited for the job or not.
Kyloe on 9/4/2006 at 14:45
Actually my co-worker landed his job because he called my boss. He had originally narrowed it down to two other guys, but when he heard my colleague on the phone, he cancelled all other interviews.
Admittedly, his job is to be on the phone and he's got a smooth voice and a cool accent.
Renault on 9/4/2006 at 15:15
Quote Posted by dlw6
Interviewers have stacks and stacks of resumes to look at, they don't have TIME for thank-you notes.
That's why you send one, to distinguish yourself from the multitude of slackers who won't bother.
BEAR on 9/4/2006 at 17:40
I think thats the actual poll that I heard. Not that they didnt look at people who didnt send one, but did interviewers place people who sent a thank you note higher than those that didnt, the general response was that they did. I dont know how huge a diffrence it really makes, but if its a close race to see who gets the job the extra boost of sending one might be enough. I seriously doubt that it would hurt you at all.
Rug Burn Junky on 9/4/2006 at 17:46
When I interview people I invariably get a follow up thank you note. I don't tend to notice when they (rarely) aren't sent, and nine times out of ten they're a bullshit form "thank you" that don't tend to mean much either way. But once in a while a prospect "gets it" and actually sends a substantive thank you that shows that they were on the ball during the interview and had something legit to either follow up on, or remark on. In that case, it does tend to help and I'll be a bit more favorable in their review.
