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Thanks for revisiting this Angela. One thing that our agency does is send a letter to all applicants who have not been selected for a position after an interview. We notify all interview candidates as to job status, via US mail. What's interesting is the number of letters that come back undeliverable.

The same when we try to reach potential interviewees via phone and email. They never return a phone call and sometimes even the email is no longer valid.

Thoughts on why this happens?

Hi Dianne:

From one that has been technically "unemployed" since 2008 - a lot of us no longer have "stability" in our lives.

The last thing on your mind is putting in change of address cards so that your mail follows you. I do, as that is me as I know I don't want to miss "critical" mail.

The same with the phone number. If I am keeping a phone, I will make sure the old one has a message telling my callers of my new number if I want to be found/lol.

The email - I don't get that one as I have had my first email (free) forever.

With the non response - maybe they are no longer interested in the job or got something else. Some people do not see the need to notify anyone of this change.

This is one thing I warned my daughter about. Just when she had a bunch of job interviews set up, she got a job offer of a job she really did not want. Someone who worked there got her the interview meaning to help. Anyway, I told her to take it as there was no guarantee the other interviews would work out - but she needed to call and cancel them. I am so not into not showing up. LOL, I may need to call them back for a job

As usual, we appreciate your side of things - from management. Keep in mind that your company is one of few that care about their job applicants. Nice to know they still exist!