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Caroliso
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I interviewed Jock for an AA position. He had a bit of a negative atttidue with regard to his former employers, and that, plus his lacking some required skills compared with the successful candidate, cost him our job.
He called me to ask me "some follow-up questions." They were nothing not already covered in the interview, so I saw them as an attempt to keep himself fresh in my mind, I guess, and to see if persistance would win him the job.
He called me one final time on the day I said I would be deciding, to find out the outcome. When I told him, he asked the usual question, "what did the successful candidate have that I didn't?" I answered briefly (I know, I know), he hesitated and showed me his disappointment by dragging out his response to my two or three closing comments (one of which was "hello?" because I was getting nothing but silence on the phone). My final comment illicited the words "boilerplate comment" from him. Well, it was, of course, but that's neither here nor there.
Here's my minor dilemma. I am sending all those interviewed and not selected a turndown letter, including one woman i delivered the same message to by e-mail. But I would simply rather not send it to Jock. I don't want to give him another reason to focus on this unhappy and "frustrating" (his word) event.
Do I need to send him the letter in the spirit of treating all applicants the same? Or so I can say I sent him a TD letter if he ever claims he didn't get a response on the outcome?
Carol
He called me to ask me "some follow-up questions." They were nothing not already covered in the interview, so I saw them as an attempt to keep himself fresh in my mind, I guess, and to see if persistance would win him the job.
He called me one final time on the day I said I would be deciding, to find out the outcome. When I told him, he asked the usual question, "what did the successful candidate have that I didn't?" I answered briefly (I know, I know), he hesitated and showed me his disappointment by dragging out his response to my two or three closing comments (one of which was "hello?" because I was getting nothing but silence on the phone). My final comment illicited the words "boilerplate comment" from him. Well, it was, of course, but that's neither here nor there.
Here's my minor dilemma. I am sending all those interviewed and not selected a turndown letter, including one woman i delivered the same message to by e-mail. But I would simply rather not send it to Jock. I don't want to give him another reason to focus on this unhappy and "frustrating" (his word) event.
Do I need to send him the letter in the spirit of treating all applicants the same? Or so I can say I sent him a TD letter if he ever claims he didn't get a response on the outcome?
Carol
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I would have thought someone with his job history would know that was the kiss of death. Maybe he concluded I'd already written him off completely so he thought he had little to lose.
My $0.02 worth,
The Balloonman
>had told him this over the phone. "As we
>discussed on the phone a more qualified
>candidate was chosen....."
>
Good suggestion, Balloonman. Thanks, and thanks to everyone who replied.
Carol
I did send the letter as described above and I got a rude follow-up voicemail message that left me a little unnerved. His last sentence was "*(&(D you all." I'm sure others of you have heard worse, and as the days go by i'm less worried about him doing anything more, but I must say I didn't sleep well that first night, and the next day made sure our receptionist was on the lookout for his call or possible visit to our offices.
All I can say other than that I'm not sure I'd send the letter if I had to do it over, is that we sure dodged a bullet. I hate to think of the HR problems I would have inherited with him in the work force.
As to not sending the letter, you may be right, but then again, he could still be calling you regularly. He obviously got the point from your letter.
I have had to issue numerous "NO TRESPASS" letters for negative attitude x-employees. Once they have this letter and they violate the warning we call the local police authority and have them removed or arrested for trespassing. They letter is required, even though, you may have verbally warned the individual.
PORK
But, Caroliso, you totally did the right thing and you ARE better than that.
The Balloonman
PS IF you don't own a gun I could make you up a balloon lazergun or sword....just let me know.
I am indeed better than that, or at least smart enough to know that getting the last word in is not a game i want to play with this guy.