At 04:24 PM 5/2/97 -0400, Kalka, Justine M. wrote:
>I'm curious to know how those of you who post job openings on the
>internet are dealing with the inquiries you receive. Are you responding
>to every one or just regarding it as an initial contact to only be
>followed up if the inquiry is from a real "potential". If you are
>responding to each inquiry, do you also respond to each inquiry when you
>post an ad in the New York Times with a blind box number? I don't
>usually respond to totally unsolicited resumes, but have been
>inconsistent with the ones that have come to me as a result of internet
>postings. I know the courteous thing to do would be to respond to
>everyone, but there are time and workload considerations here, as I'm
>sure there are for everyone.
It is a simple procedure to set up a form rejection letter thanking the
applicant for their interest and at the same time, indicate to them that you
will keep their resume on file and if anything should open up for which they
may be qualified, you will contact them at that time. As a person on the
hunt for a new position, if I do not get even a form letter back, I am
concerned that my resume never made it to the firm or company for which I
was applying. Then, I wonder, should I call? Or wait to see if a letter
comes in the mail tomorrow. No one wants to be that pushy, but then again,
if you do not hear from the prospective employer, you never know if they
even got your resume. This applies to any posting of the job offer, Net or
Newspaper. When I was working as a solo, I always pumped out a form
letter, even to unsolicited resumes. Yes, it is the courteous thing to do,
but even more important, it lets the person on the other end know that the
post office isn't eating their mail!!! I highly recommend a standard form
letter in your word processor that takes but a moment to spit out for your
signature. All IMNSHO <g>!
Best,
Gayle O'Connor, legal consultant, legal author, incoming SLA-Legal Division
Chair, excellent wife, mother and bodybuilder bodybldr@cris.com
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