How have employers contacted you for interviews?

mshappy

Do you find employers mainly call you to arrange interviews or have they emailed or written to you?

stix62

I've had phone calls, emails and text messages, but never written to.

mshappy

My mil was insisting they send you letters and potential employers wouldn't call..

Evilm

MIL is wrong. Very few will write to you - most will do it in a phone call, some will email.

stix62

Sending a letter is more time consuming and stamps aren't free ;-)

btw,,Mil?

Is that mother in law?

AP007

No one ever writes to invite to an interview these days like you will rarely if ever see an advert for a job asking for you to send in a CV/supporting letter etc.

I have had all my interview requests via email and then I would wither reply or give them a call back etc and the ones that were phone interviews were emails asking me to confirm a time when I would be free.

bubblegum1985

Letters tend to be more public sector but it is still done.

Gingernutty

Letters are rarely written these days.

Every interview I've been to in these last few years was set up by email.

Even if they have asked for a covering letter and cv, it tends to have to be sent to an email address.

Even if they do 'phone, they tend to confirm by email.

browneyedbazzi

Letters are still done in the public sector...I've always had interview letters although many times I've received a phone call or an email before the letter arrived. We can take 'interview leave' for posts in the public sector so it's important to be able to show a letter confirming the date/time of an interview to the current employer in order to book the leave.

Doshwaster

I don't think I've seen any private sector company arrange interviews by post in the last 10 years. It's all done by email or telephone. Have you seen the cost of a stamp these days?

The public sector may still do so - but they have tax payers money to spend.

DCFC79

It used to be letters but its more phone calls and emails these days.