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Following up on job applications??
loisa
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I applied for a job almost a week ago haven't heard anything. Is it inappropriate to follow up at this stage?
I wouldn't want to put anyone on the spot so would probably just send an email rather than call.
Lately I have been applying for jobs that I little experience or interest in, so not hearing doesn't usually bother me this much - I often have a good idea of the reasons.
This particular job came up and it sounded perfect, it matched my skills and experience well. It was only a maternity cover so wouldn't have thought it mattered that I might be overqualified (a graduate applying for an admin post). Don't they want someone who'll leave without a fuss after a year?
I answered every point on the person specification and tried to sound enthusiastic, it wasn't a brilliant job in itself but the experience would have been great for my career.
Its really bugging me that I haven't heard back. It was a small charity rather than some huge faceless company.
Should I contact them to put my mind at rest one way or another?
I wouldn't want to put anyone on the spot so would probably just send an email rather than call.
Lately I have been applying for jobs that I little experience or interest in, so not hearing doesn't usually bother me this much - I often have a good idea of the reasons.
This particular job came up and it sounded perfect, it matched my skills and experience well. It was only a maternity cover so wouldn't have thought it mattered that I might be overqualified (a graduate applying for an admin post). Don't they want someone who'll leave without a fuss after a year?
I answered every point on the person specification and tried to sound enthusiastic, it wasn't a brilliant job in itself but the experience would have been great for my career.
Its really bugging me that I haven't heard back. It was a small charity rather than some huge faceless company.
Should I contact them to put my mind at rest one way or another?
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welcome to the real world. Many job applications that you make you will find that you will not get a response too. If it is really bugging you I would just make an enquiry to the company as to if they have received it and no more.0
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Many job applications that you make you will find that you will not get a response too.
This is something that I consider to be an absolutely disgusting practice. If people who are out of work have taken the time to put together a job application, the least that prospective employers can do is to put people out of their misery and let them know if they've been unsuccessful.0 -
I'm well aware of this practice, it's not the first time this has happened at all. I just thought I had more chance with this job than with most I've applied for so far and it was something that really interested me so it feels a lot worse.
I understand that it costs time and money to write letters and telephone all applicants, so why can't they just send a quick email to everyone who is not shortlisted?!0 -
This is something that I consider to be an absolutely disgusting practice. If people who are out of work have taken the time to put together a job application, the least that prospective employers can do is to put people out of their misery and let them know if they've been unsuccessful.
I agree - some application forms take quite a bit of time to complete. Since being made redundant in January I've applied for numerous jobs (certainly 100+) and have only ever received two letters letting me know I was unsuccessful....and both of them were over a month later when I'd already guessed I wasn't getting an interview. :rolleyes:
OP - I'm in the same boat, applying for admin jobs...two agencies I've spoken to lately told me they aren't even passing my applications on to employers as they know they wouldn't be interested - they assume if you've a degree you won't stay long....perhaps the company you applied to think along the same lines?"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." Marilyn Monroe0 -
I understand that it costs time and money to write letters and telephone all applicants, so why can't they just send a quick email to everyone who is not shortlisted?!
I completely agree. The employers that particularly infuriate me in this regard are the ones that have entirely internet-based application processes: they make you apply online, make you submit your CV online, they have your email address, and yet it's apparently too complicated for them to send out a standard rejection email to all the unsuccessful applicants that they have on their database.0 -
AlwaysWorking wrote: »OP - I'm in the same boat, applying for admin jobs...two agencies I've spoken to lately told me they aren't even passing my applications on to employers as they know they wouldn't be interested - they assume if you've a degree you won't stay long....perhaps the company you applied to think along the same lines?
Someone actually read my CV in front of me told me that they would feel guilty if they gave me their "low paid, basic admin job" - Guilty? I'm on the DOLE !!!!!!!0 -
I completely agree. The employers that particularly infuriate me in this regard are the ones that have entirely internet-based application processes: they make you apply online, make you submit your CV online, they have your email address, and yet it's apparently too complicated for them to send out a standard rejection email to all the unsuccessful applicants that they have on their database.
I have just seen this on a website
"At...we take seriously our responsibilities to reduce our carbon footprint. As a result we have chosen not to send letters to candidates whose application is rejected prior to interview."
OMG...0 -
Someone actually read my CV in front of me told me that they would feel guilty if they gave me their "low paid, basic admin job" - Guilty? I'm on the DOLE !!!!!!!
I know what you mean, I don't understand their thinking either. I get told I'm over qualified and won't stay etc....but in a recession if the job pays my mortgage, of course I'll stay!!! "I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." Marilyn Monroe0 -
I have just seen this on a website
"At...we take seriously our responsibilities to reduce our carbon footprint. As a result we have chosen not to send letters to candidates whose application is rejected prior to interview."
OMG...
A lot of the jobs I've seen advertised lately say that if you haven't heard from them within x amount of days, you've been unsuccessful. Would an email sent to the candidates (everyone could be 'Bcc'd in) really be THAT much effort?! :mad:"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together." Marilyn Monroe0 -
My DH has recently been made redundant and we have been saying how rude it is for a company not to acknowledge an application when someone has taken the trouble to apply. However, my firm recently advertised two jobs in the paper - a basic admin job and an IT position, both market rate pay but nothing brilliant. We received 293 applications for the admin job and 329 for the IT position. It can literally take weeks to sift through the applications (many of which are so unsuitable it amazes me that the people sent in their CVs at all) and to reply to everyone who applied would take a huge amount of time and resources that most companies just don't have anymore.0
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