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Why Rejection Letters Should Come With a Next Step
Standard rejection letters kill candidate goodwill and hurt your hiring pipeline. But a small number of companies are flipping the script: they send rejected candidates a specific next action—a referral prompt, a prep guide for another role, or even a short feedback note. Lucas and Luna dig into data from Greenhouse and Lever showing that candidates who receive a meaningful next step are 3x more likely to reapply and refer others. They walk through the specific playbook used by a mid-sized tech firm that turned 18 percent of rejected applicants into eventual hires within 18 months. This…
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