For over a year, I have applied to different internships, I have talked to students and read multiple stories on LinkedIn about people applying to a variety of jobs. The bottom line in common being, companies never say …
Exactly, many times companies do not say peep while applicants anxiously wait for an answer.
Between writing personalized cover letters, updating resumes and, putting together portfolios; not to mention, researching the companies and filling out extra information for each application process… Applicants spend so much time on companies that the least these companies could do, is spend a quarter of that time to say no to someone. After all, closure is always preferable to the silence, as well as the continuous waiting and wondering… “maybe I still have a chance” thought that pops in applicant’s minds.
But we, applicants desire a no over that silence. Specially because after an ongoing silence, a person cannot help question them self. This is why the person in that company and the company itself that takes the time off of their busy day to give feedback to applicants stands out among others. Going beyond the regular answer makes the difference for someone as it gives that person the opportunity to better themself for the next time they apply to the same organization or a different one. (*Feedback Story)
I am currently studying abroad and decided to apply to an internship at NBCUniversal International. I didn’t get it and I have never been so grateful. Don’t get me wrong, it would have been amazing to be hired but this has been my favorite answer from places I have applied to because at least it has been an answer.
“Hi Raffaella,
Thanks so much for your application to NBCUniversal International and the role of Promotions Trainee. We genuinely appreciate your interest in joining the NBCU family.
Unfortunately, your application hasn’t been successful for this particular role…”
This answer provides relief. Even though it is probably an automated response, taking the time to produce a kind of personalized response with the name of the applicant and the position he/she/they applied to, is an example of mutual respect companies should follow. So, dear companies, please get back to us. Whether the answer is positive or negative, we want to know.
On a personal level, that ‘No’ motivates me to try again in the future. So, thank you NBCUniversal for telling me you did not hire me.
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*Six months ago, an employee from a car insurance company in Chile, ‘Liberty Seguros’ published on LinkedIn his experience interviewing someone who graduated at the top of his class. The interviewer asked him if he knew the company, he said no and proceeded to explained the company to him. Finally, the interviewer asked if he knew excel, he said yes, and when he took the exam, his knowledge was basic in excel. He left and the employer was clear he would not hire him. When HR told the employer they had communicated the decision to the applicant, he wrote to him and told him the reasons why he was not hired: “You must research the company before an interview, you must investigate the position, and above all you must be technically prepared for the position you want, that shows your interest.” The interviewee thanked him because he was the first of 5 interviews that told him why he did not get the job.
A year later, he added the interviewer to LinkedIn. He was working in one of the best banks, and now, his description said, “Course in excel: Advanced”. His current boss is a friend of the interviewer, and told him that during the interview for the position at the bank, the applicant had researched the bank. The employer ended the post with, “Let’s give feedback, not just a thank you, because we don’t know if that feedback we didn’t give could have woken an excellent professional.”
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