Youâve filled in the application and attended the interview, now to secure the job youâve got one thing left to do: write a thank you email.
Thatâs according to Jessica Liebman, executive managing editor at Business Insider, who says she only hires candidates if they send her a thank you email after their interview. Those who fail to do so are rejected.
Liebman claims sending a thank you follow-up âsignals that the person wants the jobâ.
Because you know, we spend hours on applications, stress about arranging time off work and pay to travel to interviews because itâs a fun day out...
Her article and tweet went down as well as you might expect, with many people pointing out the double standards here: how many times have you applied for a job, never to hear back from your prospective employer?
Others said that policies like Liebmanâs would actually put them off working for a company in the first place, pointing out that interviews âwork both waysâ.
Some suggested managers may actually be annoyed by an extra email from a candidate clogging up their inbox, indicating that Liebmanâs advice may do more harm than good at some companies.
The overall consensus? If you want to send a thank you email, you do you. But companies using it as a judging criteria are just plain ridiculous.