With unemployment as high as it is right now, employers are being inundated with applications. And behind all of them are individuals ... waiting to hear if they're wanted. Many employers have simply decided to let them wait forever, never acknowledging that they received an application at all. Others let you know that they received an application. Then silence. You may hear weeks or months down the line that they hired someone else. The best you can hope for is a form letter - these days it's an email - saying, "Thanks but no thanks." That's really a gift because it means you can cross that employer off and move on without worry.
The employer who deserves the biggest raspberry of all, in my book, is the one who acknowledged receipt of an application one day and the very next day said there had been such a large number of applicants that he couldn't interview very many people, so I was out of luck. That employer clearly had someone already in mind for the job and was simply going through the motions.
I know that, particularly for government jobs, an opening has to be posted and applications taken, simply to fulfill the letter of the law. But it's a sham and it shouldn't happen. Even when they have someone in mind for a job, they should look over every application to make sure that the person they've pre-selected is really the best person for the job. Give the taxpayers their money's worth.
And all the rest of you employers out there: Put yourselves in our shoes and at least send us the kiss-off email. It may take you some time, but you'll at least have a clear conscience. You do care about having a clear conscience, don't you? Because you never know when it's going to be you out here looking for a job, and waiting.
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