old job search
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Toronto, 2005.03.11
I had an insight today into how communications styles have changed in the business world in the past decade. While throwing out a bunch of crap from various boxes in the storage locker, I found all of the rejection correspondence from my mid-1994 job search.
What struck me was that in the absence of the Internet, everyon would actually pay to mail a (signed) letter to every candidate that applied, even if it was just to tell the candidate that the job was already filled. I miss that! Today, even letters that you mail in to employers are ignored, let alone resume/cover letters that that you submit by email.