Don’t Do That: Responding to Emails
This is a series I do over at Battlemouth and it fits perfectly here so I’ll be adding the posts here as well.
This one is definitely a rant. I like to keep my options open when it comes to work as I am sure most of us do. So I tend to send my resumes out and go on interviews and see what happens. What’s the worst that could happen? I don’t get the job. Not a huge deal right now. That being said let’s get into some examples.
#1. Last week I saw an ad for a company that was looking for a couple web designers. They’re local so I thought I’d send in my resume and portfolio just like they asked. This was last Monday. It’s now almost the end of the second week and I’ve heard nothing from the company. I sent a follow up email the other day just touching base with them and letting them know if they have any questions to feel free to call me, etc. Still nothing. A bit ridiculous if you ask me. If the position has been filled have the common courtesy to email the people who have contacted you and let them know. Not a hard thing to do and it takes about 2 minutes.
#2. At another site I work with I lead a team of people and send out one or two emails a week. You’d think that I’d hear back from the team with responses or at least something saying “I got the email, don’t have time to read it now but I will respond when I do read it over.” Yeah, no. Never happens. I literally had to send out a follow up email asking people to respond so I could make sure people are getting my emails. This is terribly sad.
What has happened to email? People just don’t use it anymore I guess? It’s discouraging when you’re trying to either contact someone, apply for a job or help run a website and noone gets back to you.
My message to you all: If someone send you an email do your level best to at least acknowledge them. It’ll make a world of difference in the end.
