Have you ever submitted an application and your perfectly tailored résumé for a job you knew you’d be perfect for, and never got any sort of acknowledgment of receipt? Can you remember a time when you left an interview thinking you aced it, only to never hear back?
You’re not alone.
“One of the biggest complaints we hear from job seekers is that employers don’t respond to them,” says Sara Sutton Fell, CEO of FlexJobs, in a recent LinkedIn post. “Not hearing back after sending in a job application is one thing, but not hearing back after going through an actual interview? That’s just plain rude. And apparently it happens pretty often, based on the 159 comments (and horrible stories!) we received on one of our blog posts about the topic.”
If employers take the time to vet candidates and conduct a series of interviews, why can’t…