Recently I was asked by a job hunter why they if they should send thank you letters to the people that interviewed them. They thought that this was an outdated practice. ABSOLUTELY – you should email thank you notes to everyone that interviewed you.
The U.S. “Hidden” Job Market and Why It’s Important to Job Seekers
If you’ve yet to find the perfect job, it’s maybe because it’s not posted anywhere. You might be thinking “how this is possible?”, but it’s actually something that’s practiced in today’s business climate and it’s called the “Hidden Job Market”. This consists of jobs that have never been posted on either job boards or the company’s own website. These positions are never get formally posted anywhere, yet accounts for up to 70+% of hiring activity in the US based on many credible estimates, including the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).