Care Zone etiquette

[Anonymous]

Please respond to a job application. I just don't understand sending in a resume and not getting anything back in response. Not even a "hello Larla, the position has been filled, thanks!"

Come on MB's be respectful.

[Anonymous]

I assume MBs get a great deal of applications, as I'm always applying to a great deal of postings. Quite frankly the "no thanks" emails tend to clog up my inbox. I don't expect a reply unless they're interested. If they want to send a "the position has been filled" memo, then that's fine, but I don't expect it.

[Anonymous]

Join the real world. You don't get responses in other jobs unless you get an interview.

[Anonymous]

I suspect you may be failing to make an important distinction:

If you see a job posting and apply to it, they owe you nothing - not even notice that the job has been filled.

If they contact you and request a resume for a job they've advertised and you send one, yes, the courteous thing to do is follow up and let you know either way.

[Anonymous]

I'm talking about after the initial "okay, lets chat back and forth". Then they will somehow seem to just fall off the face of the earth.

Happens on craigslist too, not just in childcare but in the classifieds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm talking about after the initial "okay, lets chat back and forth". Then they will somehow seem to just fall off the face of the earth.

Happens on craigslist too, not just in childcare but in the classifieds.

Yes, this is true. I received a response regarding interest in morning care last Monday starting tomorrow and I responded back within a couple hours with my phone number and interest. No response. Oh well.

[Anonymous]

What I hate is when they respond to my ad, it sounds like a great fit for me and I email them back. Then nothing. If my rate range is too high for them or something else, then I would expect something back along the lines of "we don't think you would be the right fit after all".

But when nothing, and then I see them posting their own ad 2 days later, it's like WTH? Just let me know that you see something that wouldn't work on your end (since it looks great on my end) and that would be the end to it. I wouldn't have to wonder if they are ever going to email me back again when it was them who contacted me first. I know that some people end up taking a day or 2 to email back if they are busy, so if you know it's not right, then a quick note saying so ends things quickly.

[Anonymous]

The individuals posting these ads are often getting dozens of responses and likewise, initiating short conversations with many candidates. No one is owed anything, it sucks being left hanging, but it is really not personal. For a group of nannies who want to be treated as professionals, there sure are a lot of people who can't handle it when they are.