Not too much that is valuable.
I had somebody the other day tell me that he was a little surprised that the candidate I sent him didn’t send a follow up note after their interview.
I half agreed with that because that’s what I learned. But in those days you didn’t apply for a job on company websites.
The other half of me thought how much follow up do young people receive when they post their resumes on company websites or respond to a LinkedIn job post?
Probably none because applying on company websites is the biggest black hole in the universe.
Yet some folks expect young people to write a thank you note as if we live in the days of Emily Post.
Do young people learn hiring protocol at school?
Young people learn very little at school about the hiring process and how to get a job today. If they did they would graduate with a strong LinkedIn profile as well as their diploma.
Many want the decorum of the past but companies don’t reflect those practices in their corporate actions.
I’ve had too many coffees with folks who tell me that they have stopped applying on company websites because they never get a response.
Does your hiring manager reach out to everyone who sends their resume to them?
Highly unlikely.
I actually saw a LinkedIn profile for an HR person the other day that had zero connections.
Looks like they didn’t want to have the inconvenience of people.
I read an article that said that Microsoft paid $60 a person for every LinkedIn user when they acquired the company.
My guidance office is in my blogs and videos for young people. That is where today’s real world lives.
My guidance office is in my best watched video called Why Young People Shouldn’t Try to Get A Job.
It has more viewers than the total number of students at the Canadian University I went to.
If your company doesn’t engage with young people applying for a job you are planting the seed of not liking your company. And bad news travels faster in today’s digital world.
I was reaching out to some smart folks when I was doing a search recently.
I contacted a young man who said he couldn’t help me find candidates for the company as he had a bad hiring experience with them.
When your company places your ad on LinkedIn do you recognize the values, the hopes, the dreams and the effort of the applicants?
That’s hard to do. It’s easier to get some PR out there saying you were recognized as one of the best companies to work for in your town.
The companies that will succeed in the New Normal will have more courage in their hiring practices.
And courage develops a lasting impression.
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