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Bluntly put, decent behavior is to have a 1-3 day turnaround on this sort of thing. I sort of have a 2 week rule: if you can't send some sort of ACK in two wee
by pnathan 15y ago
Bluntly put, decent behavior is to have a 1-3 day turnaround on this sort of thing.
I sort of have a 2 week rule: if you can't send some sort of ACK in two weeks to me, your processes are sufficiently lousy that you've downgraded your desirability in my eyes; further, based on my experience, you're probably not going to respond after 2 weeks if you haven't, anyway.
At my current company, I think I completed the entire hiring round from my initial inquiry to hire in under 1 week. IMO, that's how it should be done!
A response with a 1 year lag is asking to be mocked on the Internet.
- pagekalisedown 15y agoWhat about a place like Google? Would you make an exception for them? The most desirable employers are generally so overwhelmed with resumes they just can't do prompt follow ups.
- jc123 15y agoThere really shouldn't be exceptions regarding respectful behavior and courtesy.
- pnathan 15y agoNot really. If Google can't have someone in HR who can at least send back in under 2 weeks a template mail that goes "Thanks, but no thanks", or "Thanks, we're interested, we'll get back to you real soon now", I'd be very disappointed.
- ed209 15y agoI agree. If a company has posted a job listing, they are expecting me to take time in preparing a relevant and thoughtful application to them (rather than some generic recycled crap that goes to everyone). In that case please have the decency to reply to my correspondence both on receipt and later with a decision. Why should I be arsed to waste my precious time preparing my application if the company can't be arsed to write back either way. Of course for an unsolicited application it's a different matter. It would be unfair to expect them to reply to every application they didn't ask for in the first place.
- ed209 15y agoI agree. If a company has posted a job listing, they are expecting me to take time in preparing a relevant and thoughtful application to them (rather than some generic recycled crap that goes to everyone). In that case please have the decency to reply to my correspondence both on receipt and later with a decision. Why should I be arsed to waste my precious time preparing my application if the company can't be arsed to write back either way. Of course for an unsolicited application it's a different matter. It would be unfair to expect them to reply to every application they didn't ask for in the first place.