This document discusses how to handle candidate rejections in a thoughtful way to turn rejected candidates into allies. It provides 5 tips for recruiters, such as notifying candidates of rejection quickly but thoughtfully within 24-48 hours, providing honest feedback, helping candidates with their job search, asking for feedback on their experience, and incentivizing them to become future customers. The document emphasizes that candidates can still impact a company even after rejection through email, reviews, and their network, so rejections should be handled in a way that leaves a good impression.

2. Our Mission:
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3. What You Will Learn:
● Why You Should Care About Rejection
● How to Make Them an Ally (5 tips)
● Rejobify - a Better Way to Reject Candidates

4. Candidates can still impact your company
even after being rejected.
Email, review sites...
Great recruiters understand the long-term impact
candidates have on their company, and they handle
rejections thoughtfully.

5. “If your rejection process makes a good
impression, it's more likely that candidates and
their network will stay connected with your
brand—both as future job applicants and,
depending on your business, even customers.”
~ Jeff Moore, Google Staffing Manager

6. 5 Tips to Turn Rejected
Candidates Into Allies

7. 1. Tell Them Quickly but Thoughtfully

8. 2. Give honest, non-negotiable feedback

9. 3. Help candidates with their job search (they will thank
you)

10. 4. Ask candidates about their experience

11. 5. Turn Candidates Into Customers (B2C)

12. (and it’s free!)

20. In Summary
1. Send rejection with 24-48 hrs (call in person
interviewers)
2. Give feedback
3. Get feedback
4. Help them move on
5. Incentivize them to be a customer
6. Rejobify them

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