Are you a PNM wondering what you can do to "improve your chances" at recruitment?

[shirley1929]

I'm with KD on this one. I've been helping a few girls get their recruitment packets together for RIF and letter writers. The absolutely FIRST thing on my list for them is thank you notes. I'll help them with a script (so they're not reinventing the wheel with each one) but they're mandatory.

In my mind, if we're (sororities) helping groom women to go out into the world, then it starts here.

And yes, if I were interviewing someone and they did NOT send me a thank you note - it would affect my decision about them. Think how they would treat clients once they got into your workplace?

Maybe I'm too southern, though. Meh.

KD's post wasn't snippy, but mine might be...

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by shirley1929

I'm with KD on this one. I've been helping a few girls get their recruitment packets together for RIF and letter writers. The absolutely FIRST thing on my list for them is thank you notes. I'll help them with a script (so they're not reinventing the wheel with each one) but they're mandatory.

In my mind, if we're (sororities) helping groom women to go out into the world, then it starts here.

And yes, if I were interviewing someone and they did NOT send me a thank you note - it would affect my decision about them. Think how they would treat clients once they got into your workplace?

Maybe I'm too southern, though. Meh.

KD's post wasn't snippy, but mine might be...

Well, I'm a northerner and I think it absurd. No thank you = not that interested in the job?

[shirley1929]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Well, I'm a northerner and I think it absurd. No thank you = not that interested in the job?

Seriously. That's what I think it means. Someone took an hour out of their day to interview you and you can't take 5 minutes to write a note? Emily Post in me would prefer handwritten, but even if it's an email...it shows your level of interest or lack thereof.

I swear I'm not trying to snark, it's just what I know.

[BraveMaroon]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Well, I'm a northerner and I think it absurd. No thank you = not that interested in the job?

I'm a Southerner, and if I interviewed 12 people, 11 didn't send me a thank you note and one did... guess who seems more interested and on the ball?

It may not be "fair" - and maybe it is just regional, but I've never dinged anyone for being "too polite".