How Skipping Ahead Leaves You Behind in Recruiting - 6 Steps to Success
If a candidate has gone through the process, visited your office, and met with your team, they deserve to hear the disposition of their application, not receive a stock rejection email. And this consideration will reinforce their trust in you, so they are more open to giving honest, and critical feedback. (Which you need).

The Tough Choice We Face
I am a huge fan of any organization that allots “personal” or “mental health” days. To acknowledge needing time to deal with something like a loved one’s passing, or the end of a relationship, distinct from being sick or on vacation, is to acknowledge and accept the humanity of your workforce.