The pleasant rejection email. Why? (employment, interviewed, employers, jobs)
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I'd be happy that they let me know the position is filled and I am no longer under consideration. You know, as opposed to a bottomless vortex where you never hear back at all.
Exactly.
OP, be thankful you were given a status, even if it isn't the one you wanted to hear.
Be happy you get *any* sort of notification these days. Job-hunting etiquette has gone down the tubes.
Two years ago I received an actual paper letter notifying me that I didn't get the job. I about fell over.
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Originally Posted by MPowering1
Yes, but it was for a job you applied to in 1989.
I usually don't hear anything but sometimes I do get an email and one was for a job I applied to 4 or 5 months prior. I had nearly forgotten about it! It is nice to at least know instead of just wondering.
I just received a rejection notice that someone else filled a position I had applied for. Which has me thinking...
Every company now seems to send out a pleasant rejection email to the candidates who applied for the position and did not get hired.
Usually it has flowery language thanking you for applying, encouraging you that you were a good candidate but someone else had skills which better "fit" the position. Encouraging you to keep applying for other positions.
Yet, half or more of the applicants likely have no chance in hades of getting a job, there skills are a complete mismatch, or they have nowhere near the knowledge or experience needed.
I know it is basically automated and recruiters have no time to personally reply, but it would be so helpful to have a little more honesty in these replies.
I know, keep dreaming.
Often they have a variety of rejection letters. They don't typically send one to encourage you to keep applying if they don't mean it. If they don't want you to apply again they will remove this statement. As to who gets a letter, it depends on the organization. Some only send it to people who are interviewed. Others send it to all applicants. If they use an ATS then you may get an auto notice the position has closed. Or you might hear nothing.
Haha. Last year I received a form letter in the mail telling me I was not a good candidate, but cheers for playing along. I had to stare at it for the longest time before I realized I'd sent that company a CV 9-mos before, whilst living in another state. The rejection letter was forwarded to me & I'd forgotten about them long ago.
I don't expect to be notified anymore. What I find happens more often than not is, if applying online, I'll get an email saying, 'Thank you for applying to our company. We'll call you if...' once the initial resume is received. That way they're covered & one doesn't need to wonder if they have received it. When doing so, I hit Enter & forget & am always stunned when I get a call back.
I'm also finding that interviews are feast or famine. Not sure if others are finding the same (depends on the field, I suppose), but these days, everyone calls me or no one does.
Good luck, OP. I'm interviewing, too, so I do understand your frustrations.
I just received a rejection notice that someone else filled a position I had applied for. Which has me thinking...
Every company now seems to send out a pleasant rejection email to the candidates who applied for the position and did not get hired.
Usually it has flowery language thanking you for applying, encouraging you that you were a good candidate but someone else had skills which better "fit" the position. Encouraging you to keep applying for other positions.
Yet, half or more of the applicants likely have no chance in hades of getting a job, there skills are a complete mismatch, or they have nowhere near the knowledge or experience needed.
I know it is basically automated and recruiters have no time to personally reply, but it would be so helpful to have a little more honesty in these replies.
I know, keep dreaming.
I'll take it. I can't count how many times I was flat ignored or jerked around by a potential employer instead of just being told I didn't get the job.
Thank you for your interest in Wayne Industries, and the time you spent speaking with us in regards to the Associate I position in our Gotham office.
Unfortunately, though your qualifications are good, we have selected another candidate whose experience more closely matches the requirements for the position.
Again, we sincerely appreciate your time and effort in this matter, and wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
The bolded is probably the most irritating set of words I've come across in my job search.
If you were not interviewed and it's just a notice saying the position has been filled most likely the job was never open to begin with so you should never take those types of rejection seriously. Lots of companies have to give outsiders an equal chance of applying to jobs so they usually make it seem like the position is open when it's really not.
I worked at a company for 6 years that did this all the time
Although I am not surprised by a couple of the more aggressive replies here, I really anmnot angry, upset, or truly curious to the actual status, or anything like that. (Well, more or less I know why I generally get rejections, and it is mostly salary based as my current pay is rather high in this market already and my experience is mostly very specific technically (although I have some more broad based managerial experience now as well).
Just more or less observing how everyone seems to now do the same generic pleasant and flowery sounding reject form letters.
Unfortunately, though your qualifications are good, we have selected another candidate whose experience more closely matches the requirements for the position.
The bolded is probably the most irritating set of words I've come across in my job search.
Look at the bright side. When the more experienced candidate walks out about after a week, you may turn out to be the dream candidate they've always wanted.
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