Thanks John!  You are absolutely correct in stating "professionalism is a
two way street."  I believe the best way to handle this situation (and most
others)is to treat people the way I wish to be treated.  Also, if we
provide responses we have at least given the rejected applicant a reason to
think well of us.  It might be a trite expression, but we all are our
institution's PR people.

Tim Bottoms
Registrar
Cape Fear Museum

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Subject:  Professionalism from Employers and Employees in the hiring
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There have been job announcements, salary discussion, how to land the right
job, graduate schools, and so forth.   However, I've found that after a
prospective employee spends hours filling out long applications, putting
together a polished resume, spends money for over-nighting the letter to
get
it there on time and then waiting....and sometimes waiting, and many more
times ~~~ waiting without even a letter back that the position was filled.

I think professionalism is a two way street.  A professional organization
should
send courtesy letters back to all those who applied for a position saying
that the job was filled.   I've also noticed in my time in the field that
some jobs remain
opened for months into years.   It would be nice if employers would either
put the
announcement on pending or close the job until the position is actually
needed.

Yes, as a manager and hiring I always send letter back to the applicants
saying the
position was filled, and thanking them for applying.  If the resume and
individual stood
out, I keep their application on file in case there is an opening in the
near
future or
the position needs to be filled again.

I also put salary ranges up front, and do not ask for salary history.
When
it comes to
hiring the person, then we discuss wages within the salary range stipulated
in the
announcement.   This way you get the people who really do want the job, and
they
know upfront the wage range.  It is a "win-win" situation.  It's a
professional situation.

This is a profession....lets end the guessing and waiting games.   Thank
you.

John Martinson
Curator of Collections
http://ourworld.cs.com/john29mart/

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