A reader writes:
I’m in the course of a reasonably bleak job search, involving a lot of kind rejection emails. The primary few occasions I obtained one, I wrote again a succinct observe to the impact of “thanks for letting me know” earlier than realizing how miserable this could be for all the rejections that may quickly begin rolling in.
I determine most locations don’t care, so I’ve stopped responding to these rejections, however I’m questioning: is it value ever sending one thing well mannered however extra private, hoping that perhaps they’d change their thoughts, or am I residing within the job-search equal of a 90’s rom-com? “Gosh, we often get loopy individuals who yell at us, however this particular person is so good and that gosh darn it we should always rent her as a substitute!” (Profession success, happiness, and extraordinary riches ensue, and so forth. Sandra Bullock has a cameo.)
They’re most unlikely to alter their thoughts, even if you happen to ship an extremely gracious and personable response again.
That mentioned, there are occasions when it might make sense to try this anyway. Particularly, if you happen to progressed to the interview stage and appeared to essentially click on together with your interviewer, it may be a very good funding to ship a gracious observe thanking them for his or her time, referencing one thing priceless you took away from the dialogue, and in any other case constructing on the rapport that you simply started within the interview. Not since you’re anticipating them to alter their thoughts, however as a result of it would solidify you of their head as somebody to think about the subsequent time a job opens up that you simply may be well-matched with (or if you happen to have been a prime candidate for this one after which their ultimate alternative falls via, or they wish to refer you to a gap at a accomplice group, or so forth).
To be clear, this wouldn’t simply be a perfunctory “thanks for letting me know.” This may be a observe that builds the connection ultimately. (Additionally, if the shape rejection comes from a common hiring e mail slightly than the hiring supervisor’s personal e mail, don’t simply reply to that — ship your message on to the supervisor so they really see it.)
It doesn’t make sense to do it if you happen to didn’t progress to the interview stage, since in that case there’s no rapport to construct on.
It’s nonetheless unlikely to lead to something, significantly a Sandra Bullock look, however generally job looking out is about scattering little seeds round and seeing which of them sprout into one thing, and this may be a type of seeds.
