Job HUNTING Etiquette: A Guide for the Job Seeker

[ncgal]

RULE 18: Please check with those that you are listing as a reference before giving out there name and number.  Might be a good idea to make sure that they will give you a good reference.  If you were escorted out the door, might not want to list former co-worker that you worked closely with and that basically supervised you since supervisors were located off campus.   

Yea, I just got a text the other day that someone listed me as a reference.  Hoping that I do not get a phone call.  Will just send the caller to HR.

[BeagleMommy]

RULE 18: Please check with those that you are listing as a reference before giving out there name and number.  Might be a good idea to make sure that they will give you a good reference.  If you were escorted out the door, might not want to list former co-worker that you worked closely with and that basically supervised you since supervisors were located off campus.   

Yea, I just got a text the other day that someone listed me as a reference.  Hoping that I do not get a phone call.  Will just send the caller to HR.

Be sure to keep your references updated.  I recently found out one of my references was dismissed from the university for some insubordinate activities.  I promptly removed her from my references.  Make sure the phone numbers for your references are current.

[veryfluffy]

#14: Send thank-you notes to the people you met/who interviewed you!

addendum: if this is the norm in your area/business!

Although this may be a "US-based" site, please note that "thank you notes" not only are not expected in some places, but may be even be viewed negatively.

[nuit93]

#14: Send thank-you notes to the people you met/who interviewed you!

addendum: if this is the norm in your area/business!

Although this may be a "US-based" site, please note that "thank you notes" not only are not expected in some places, but may be even be viewed negatively.

Really?  I had no idea--where would that be?

I'm rather curious even though I don't have any plans to leave the country.

[perpetua]

#14: Send thank-you notes to the people you met/who interviewed you!

addendum: if this is the norm in your area/business!

Although this may be a "US-based" site, please note that "thank you notes" not only are not expected in some places, but may be even be viewed negatively.

Really?  I had no idea--where would that be?

I'm rather curious even though I don't have any plans to leave the country.

The UK, for one.

A 'thank you for your time' email reiterating your interest in the position may be acceptable here *if* you dealt directly with the company's recruitment process and weren't placed at interview through an agent (if this is the case, you don't contact the company direct; all communications are done through the agency) but a thank you note on paper or even worse still a card would have you viewed as creepy and over-familiar and probably get you struck off the list of possibles.

[RebeccainGA]

One we've encountered recently (hiring a replacement contractor in my office) - don't make your resume buzzword bingo, nor should you have more than two or three pages of resume!

We got one, I kid you not, from a woman who had apparently been a contractor since graduating college about two and a half years ago. All her contracts were one to three months. Each one had FOUR PARAGRAPHS of job details. We got maybe two jobs per pages - seven pages long altogether. Single spaced, small font, no margins. Guess whose went on the 'toss' pile?

The resume we got from the guy that had been in the field for twenty years, knew everything there was to know about the thing we're hiring for? A page and a half. Easy to read. He's interviewing today.