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Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
ettm: ty notes for an interview?
i didn't know that this was something people did. please ettm.
btw, i feel like an @$$ that i didn't know.
we're having twins!
Re: ettm: ty notes for an interview?
Best sound ever: baby's heartbeat! (Heard @ 10w1d)
From a recruiter's standpoint - thank you cards are just etiquette that give the interviewee the chance to (1) thank you for taking time out of your schedule to meet with said candidate (even though that's your job); (2) mention a connection that was made during the interview and draw it back to their personal experiences / expertise (i.e. 'When I was interviewing with sarack, she mentioned XXX and I hadn't really considered the complexities of XXX before and realize how interesting it would be to work in that environment' or something like that); (3) follow-up and express interest in the job.
FWIW, a hand-written thank-you note always jumped out at me because it takes a lot of time and effort to do that. Any person can fire off an e-mail and cut-and-paste the same thank-you note template to each interviewer they met with (I once received one e-mail that was like, 'Thank you for allowing me to interview with XX company'... only problem is that I worked at YY company). E-mail is better than nothing (and is a great chance to follow up one-on-one with any interviewer who gave you a difficult question that you either didn't answer well or that you want to delve deeper into), but hand-written is still the way to go IMO.
And send it out immediately - in the past, I have taken the thank you cards along with me in my purse, and at the end of the interview I find the nearest Starbucks, grab a coffee, sit down and write them all, and then drop them in the mail that afternoon. It shows how serious you are and how well you get things done.
♥ bfp1 06/14/2011 ♥ edd 02/22/2012 ♥
♥ baby jennlin born on 02/15/2012 ♥
who says you can only wear your wedding dress once?
honeymoon bio ♥ married bio ♥ planning bio
jumped ship to the new and improved nest. back to TB for baby boards.
In my industry, the decision to hire is usually made within the same day as the interview, so while a thank you note may be appreciated, it is by no means necessary, and won't necessarily make a difference in the actual offer.
A hand-written thank you note would definitely come too late.
That being said, I do use email thank yous for references, and to email any recruiters I'm working with.