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Employment Interviews: Trends in the Fortune 500 Companies--1980-1988.

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Spinks, Nelda; Wells, Barron – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1988

Reports on a survey of chief human resources officers in the Fortune 500. Focuses on areas such as applicant's appearance; beginning of the interview; conduct of the interview; and closing the interview. Compares results with a similar 1980 survey. (JAD)

Descriptors: Business Communication, Employment Interviews, Employment Qualifications, Job Application

Personnel Administrators' Reactions to Job Application Follow-up Letters Regarding Extended Interviews and Offering Jobs.

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Horn, J. Kenneth – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1991

Investigates the importance of follow-up letters to the job application process. Finds that a slight majority of personnel administrators favor follow-up letters. Finds that letters should immediately follow the interview. Notes that letters may not help to get an interview or a job but suggest "good breeding" and make a favorable…

Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Educational Research, Employment Interviews, Higher Education