Set Me Free!

Message to Prospective Employers

I am thrilled to have the opportunity to interview for your position.  Your interest in me really boosts my confidence.   And, if I don't make the cut at some point along the way - set me free!

I have now been in three situations where I made it through to a personal interview, knew at the end of the interview that I either wasn't the right person for the position or, as mentioned in an earlier post on forgiveness, came up short in what I delivered, and then waited and waited and in one case, I'm still waiting to be set free.  It's not that I'm looking for rejection.  It's just that knowing where I stand is easier than the wondering if I'm still in the running.

I can be reasonable....
I recognize that there is an issue responding to everyone who submits an application for a position.  While I still feel there are ways to respond electronically just to let someone know their on-line submission is complete and then to let them know that they didn't make the first cut, with the volume of applications coming in for each posting, I can be reasonable and cut prospective employers some slack on this initial contact.   

BUT when you've invited someone in for a personal interview, there is no excuse for not setting them free when you have eliminated them from the pool of active candidates.  You generally don't have 20 candidates coming through for personal interviews, and even if you do, it takes 10 minutes to set free those who won't be continuing on to the next round.  Hold onto the front-runners, and even the runners up, but let the rest of us go.  This waiting and wondering game is brutal.