As one who has been on the receiving end of the "professional courtesy,"
I have found that it does not exist in reality. I wish that it did.

Roger Smith wrote:
>
> Deb & John get it exactly right -  the word in all staff relations is
> COURTESY.. I too have had the experience of making job applications where
> there has been no final resolution relayed. As a result I have ALWAYS made
> it a rule to write to every applicant advising them of their success or
> otherwise.
>
> Surely it is a MEASURE of the VALUE that an organisation places upon its
> employees in the way that it responds to such expression of interest?
>
> Similarly if the organisation does not reimburse on the spot or have in
> place an immediate mechanism to record the out of pocket expenses for an
> applicant to attend their interview, then they are not projecting a
> reassuring welfare concern for their potential and, dare I say, existing
> staff!
>
> Roger
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Deb Fuller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, 5 August 2000 4:45
> Subject: Re: Professionalism from Employers and Employees in the hiring
> process
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> > In a message dated Fri, 4 Aug 2000 11:04:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time, John
> Martinson <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> >
> > >>>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.
> >
> > Here here!! I recently interviewed at a major US institution who paid for
> my plane ticket to go and see them. Everything through the interview was
> handled very well. Their parting words to me were to send them my taxi
> receipts to get reembursed. I thought this was a great deal.
> >
> > Well over a month later, I hadn't heard anything from them about the
> interview and I still hadn't gotten my reembursement. I finally e-mailed the
> HR director and got a vague "we've made our selection" response. No offical
> rejection letter or even an e-mail. I had taken an entire day off of my
> current job to fly up there and back and promptly sent them what they
> requested along with a nice thank-you card and I have to contact THEM to get
> an answer? I was appalled. It's now almost 3 months later and my check from
> the cab receipts just came in the mail.
> >
> > After that sort of treatment, I wouldn't want to work for this institution
> even if they did offer me a job. I've had the same treatment from other
> instutitions as well. One asked me to yet again take a day off of work and
> drive 3 hours to an interview, which turned out to be a preliminary
> screening interview that could have easily been done over the phone. Again
> this was a major name US institution.
> >
> > Please people, if you are in charge of hiring, brush up on some basic HR
> skills. Little things like a post card to say that an application has been
> received and boiler plate rejection letters should be standard. If you're
> screening people out, don't make them come in unless they are local and it's
> convenient. Send some sort of TIMELY response to everyone that you contact,
> even if it is a rejection letter as you don't want to keep people hanging,
> esp. if they had to travel a ways to make an interview or you paid their
> expenses to come in. We all understand that museum hiring can oftne take a
> month or more esp. if it's a big institution but job hunters need to be kept
> informed of their status so they can move on. People don't mind waiting a
> bit if they're in the running but most will get irky if they were rejected
> right off and it took a over month for them to be notified. And there's
> nothing more frustrating than getting an acceptance letter or call right
> after you've taken ano!
> > ther job because you thought the first job had blown you off.
> quotes).
> >
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