Timeline for Does a one-line email response from a job seeker show a lack of interest?
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| Jul 21, 2017 at 14:47 | comment | added | Brian | "The lack of a salutation might be concerning" After the initial emails in each direction, I find signatures are more tedious than anything. | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 14:06 | comment | added | Rob Moir | Likewise @Cronax. I assume that if someone writes to me in a particular style, that is how they communicate most effectively & communicating in a similar manner is not only polite, but the most effective way of getting my point over. Your point about job interview situations not changing things is well made too I think; interviews are a two-way process & I could easily imagine a candidate writing a similar question here about a disinterested employer sending them a one-line interview invitation. I've actually walked away from a potential employer who didn't seem enthusiastic about hiring me. | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 14:03 | comment | added | Cronax | Personally, I do the same in any professional communication: reply in the same style as the email I received. I start communications off in full-on formal mode, but if the person on the other side decides to respond in a few words without any signature or greeting, then that's how I'll respond. I don't see how this suddenly changes when it concerns a job interview, unless you feel like you're "doing them a favour" as the employer... | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 12:51 | history | edited | Rob Moir | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 20, 2017 at 12:49 | comment | added | mkingsbu | I agree. I think (s)he could easily have asked the same question prior to answering: "Are they really interested in hiring me if the manager only sent me a single line email?" Or similarly overthinking the situation: "I think its polite to include a greeting but they didn't and I don't want to seem TOO interested WHAT DO I DO!?" | |
| Jul 20, 2017 at 10:44 | history | answered | Rob Moir | CC BY-SA 3.0 |