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Summary. When you receive a rejection notification from a recruiter or hiring manager, always follow up with a thank-you note.
A hard truth that most job candidates have to face is: You’re going to experience rejection during your search. At one point or another, you’ll be turned away from a role, and while you can’t control the decisions of other people, you can control how you respond. Upon receiving a rejection note from a recruiter or hiring manager, the best thing you can say is “thank you.”
