So here's a question -- if you send out a standard rejection notice, and someone came back to you and said:
"Thanks for letting me know; sorry to hear we won't be working together at this time.
"If you have any suggestions to give for additions to my skills and portfolio that might make for a more competitive application at some point in the future, I'd love to hear them!"
Would you take the time to give any hints then?
I occasionally send a note to this effect when I miss out on a job that I wanted enough I'd love to be able to reapply later for a similar position.
I always send constructive feedback if someone sends me a followup email like that. We're a small company though, getting a useful reply out of a large organization can be much harder unless you manage to get an e-mail of one of your interviewers.
"Thanks for letting me know; sorry to hear we won't be working together at this time.
"If you have any suggestions to give for additions to my skills and portfolio that might make for a more competitive application at some point in the future, I'd love to hear them!"
Would you take the time to give any hints then?
I occasionally send a note to this effect when I miss out on a job that I wanted enough I'd love to be able to reapply later for a similar position.
But I've received a reply precisely once.