Unregistered
July 6th, 2003, 01:04 PM
I moved back to Western New York last fall, after spending five years in central New York. In my attempts to gain employment, I have been reacquainted with Buffalo business etiquette, or should I say the lack of it.
I am a teacher, and I thought perhaps it was just my field of work. I send resumes, interview for jobs, be as professional as possible, and yet I receive no professional courtesy in return.
I will call and e-mail persons I have interviewed with. (It is usually a committee in the education field.) Phone calls are put to voice mail and e-mails are not returned.
In a week or two, I might receive a form letter telling me how great I was, but the people interviewed were of the highest caliber. No one has the professional courtesy to speak to me in person, and just tell me that he did not want to hire me. I expect honesty and courtesy in return for putting forth the same.
I recently stopped at a garage sale. The person said he was moving to Florida. I told him that I was also going to relocate to Florida. We then proceeded to discuss what I have described above.
Employers do not acknowledge efforts, do not return phone calls and sometimes do not even send a turn-down letter. We both agreed that this is one thing that is killing Western New York.
The attitude of employers is that they are the "haves" and position candidates are the "have nots." This attitude and lack of etiquette is driving good citizens and taxpayers like myself to seek employment in another state. There is going to come a time, not too far down the road, when employers will have to go door to door to recruit people.
Employers should give job candidates the courtesy of professional treatment.
MARK D. FUERTER
East Amherst
www.buffalo.com
I am a teacher, and I thought perhaps it was just my field of work. I send resumes, interview for jobs, be as professional as possible, and yet I receive no professional courtesy in return.
I will call and e-mail persons I have interviewed with. (It is usually a committee in the education field.) Phone calls are put to voice mail and e-mails are not returned.
In a week or two, I might receive a form letter telling me how great I was, but the people interviewed were of the highest caliber. No one has the professional courtesy to speak to me in person, and just tell me that he did not want to hire me. I expect honesty and courtesy in return for putting forth the same.
I recently stopped at a garage sale. The person said he was moving to Florida. I told him that I was also going to relocate to Florida. We then proceeded to discuss what I have described above.
Employers do not acknowledge efforts, do not return phone calls and sometimes do not even send a turn-down letter. We both agreed that this is one thing that is killing Western New York.
The attitude of employers is that they are the "haves" and position candidates are the "have nots." This attitude and lack of etiquette is driving good citizens and taxpayers like myself to seek employment in another state. There is going to come a time, not too far down the road, when employers will have to go door to door to recruit people.
Employers should give job candidates the courtesy of professional treatment.
MARK D. FUERTER
East Amherst
www.buffalo.com