Feedback

Silence tells a story candidates remember. Are you giving feedback?

Most candidates can handle a “no”. What’s much harder is hearing nothing at all. (I'm sure that's a song), but silence isn't golden.. 🤭

After an interview, candidates replay everything, every answer, every drawing they talked through, every moment they wonder if they said the wrong thing. When there’s silence, that space gets filled with doubt.

We see the impact it has on a candidate. It knocks confidence, makes people hesitant to go through the process again (especially when they’ve taken annual leave to attend), and it absolutely shapes how they feel about the studio, and what they say about the experience to others!

Good feedback helps candidates learn from the interview and move forward stronger into the next one. The candidate might not be right now, but could be in a year or two. You want them to consider you as an employer of choice in the future, and speaking positively about your business in the meantime to their friends and colleagues.

Rejection with clarity allows people to move on.

If a recruiter is silent, trust me we are chasing, and chasing, as we too want to hear the feedback to help you to secure this role, or future interviews.

If we have feedback, you’ll hear it straight away.

Feedback doesn’t need to be long or detailed. A few lines acknowledging the time and effort someone put in goes a very long way.

Silence just leaves people stuck and in a competitive hiring market, that impression matters more than ever.

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