girl,
you might be the best interviewee ever. I have not often been thanked post-interview. It makes bosses remember you.
Hey! What do you two think you're doing? Fightin' at a time like this. You'll use up all the air!
Jayne ,'Out Of Gas'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - Sep 26, 2013 9:24:26 am PDT #6724 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Amy - Sep 26, 2013 9:29:19 am PDT #6725 of 30000
Because books.
Cool!
Jesse - Sep 26, 2013 9:36:09 am PDT #6726 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have not often been thanked post-interview.
Seriously?? I freak out when I forget to do it for a couple of days!
Steph L. - Sep 26, 2013 9:44:21 am PDT #6727 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I have not often been thanked post-interview.
Seriously?? I freak out when I forget to do it for a couple of days!
You guys, I meant to e-mail a thank-you note to the woman at the AMA later that same day (after the phone interview), and I totally spaced. *She* e-mailed *me* the next day to follow up, and I did literally facepalm at my forgetfulness. So I replied to that e-mail quickly, and thanked her in what I hoped was an enthusiastically professional manner.
Fortunately it didn't hurt my chances, but I scared the crap out of myself at the time.
brenda m - Sep 26, 2013 9:47:31 am PDT #6728 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Honestly, it's nice when people do, and does add to their favorable impression. But it's not a big deal to me either way - you don't get a black mark.
Oh, and email is more than sufficient. Handwritten thank yous make me raise my eyebrows a little bit.
shrift - Sep 26, 2013 9:53:47 am PDT #6729 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
What's involved in "overservicing"?
In this context I'd guess unnecessary tests and/or medications.
Jesse - Sep 26, 2013 9:55:50 am PDT #6730 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
We debate email v. handwritten here every time we hire someone. But our jobs are a little more formal than most, I think, and more paper-oriented, for sure.
Amy - Sep 26, 2013 9:58:44 am PDT #6731 of 30000
Because books.
I think a hand-written note might be nice for a high level job, and one of those interviews where you're there all day and have lunch and blah blah, but for anything else I think email would be okay. I'm amazed I remembered to do it.
brenda m - Sep 26, 2013 9:59:42 am PDT #6732 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I have a colleague - not an applicant! - who is in the habit of handwritten thank you notes. Like, I mentioned to her that we were having a potluck in our group (which she had been hoping to join) and that she should stop by if she was around. She didn't make the potluck but I got a fancy engraved cardstock thank you via interoffice mail the next day.
Steph L. - Sep 26, 2013 10:04:16 am PDT #6733 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Don't even TALK about handwritten thank-yous. I have a pile just staring at me, for the wedding. And since I'm still technically unemployed (the AMA job doesn't start until mid-October), I have no problem writing them all, since Tim is working.
It's just a daunting pile. But I'd like to get them done before we leave for the honeymoon.