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Has it become unfashionable for employers to send "thanks but no thanks" letters to unsuccessful job applicants?

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[nazrynn.livejournal.com]

More often than not I had to follow-up call and pester HR at various companies to confirm the status of the application, and based on the reply, would follow up _Again_ unless a letter got to me first. And 9.5 times out of 10, that just doesn't happen. It seems less confrontational to just ignore the application, and not even bother communicating with the applicant that the job position has either been filled, or the candidate doesn't qualify.
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The most irritating case of failure to say "no thanks" came from a Korean company up in Hartford that specialized in archery equipment.

I got a tersely worded reply that they are ONLY looking for Korean people who spoke Korean, and the rest of the letter wasn't just blunt, but insulting. I wiped the memory of what specifically was said in there, but I was tempted to write a reply until I realized nothing I said in answer would change their behavior.