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I have a friend who will probably be hired soon by a company that kept her resume "on file." It happens, but only if you are a strong candidate who didn't happen to fit the particular role you interviewed/applied for.
I applied at a large employer in my city for a professional position that I was rejected for. A few weeks later, I had an email from its call center, asking if I might be interested in a rep position there. I was not.
Yes, and in fact I was the person in one case who kept an applicant in the back of my mind. She wasn't our choice for one position (it was a tough call between two people), but when another came open we gave her a call, brought her in for another interview, and hired her.
I know that in many of the automated e-mail messages I get after submitting an application, the generated response from HR is usually thanking me for my interest and that if I'm not a good fit for the position, my resume will be "kept on file for any future openings."
Has anyone actually been contacted at a later date by a company after being passed over for the initial job you've applied to?
I've never been contacted. I always figured "resume on file" might as well mean in the garbage.
I always considered that line "creative rejection". Like even though they are telling you they chose someone else they still want to make it seem like you have a chance.
I know that in many of the automated e-mail messages I get after submitting an application, the generated response from HR is usually thanking me for my interest and that if I'm not a good fit for the position, my resume will be "kept on file for any future openings."
Has anyone actually been contacted at a later date by a company after being passed over for the initial job you've applied to?
Yes. I kept looking up the job posting, out of curiosity, for the next 3 months after they rejected me for "not having enough experience" (it was an entry-level job that didn't require any, but that's neither here nor there). One day I got a call asking if I was still interested, and by that point I had reconciled that the job wasn't really worth it. So I called and left a message that if we could negotiate the pay rate to something better than minimum wage I might be interested. They never replied. To this day that job posting is still active and unfilled, and it ain't breaking my heart.
Yes. I kept looking up the job posting, out of curiosity, for the next 3 months after they rejected me for "not having enough experience" (it was an entry-level job that didn't require any, but that's neither here nor there). One day I got a call asking if I was still interested, and by that point I had reconciled that the job wasn't really worth it. So I called and left a message that if we could negotiate the pay rate to something better than minimum wage I might be interested. They never replied. To this day that job posting is still active and unfilled, and it ain't breaking my heart.
Sounds like it was a fake job opening since it's still posted.
Sounds like it was a fake job opening since it's still posted.
I interviewed there, and the job posting has changed wording from time to time, like adding new job duties, etc. That it keeps getting re-posted leads me to believe they have no interested candidates, or they have such high turnover they they constantly have to fill vacancies. My guess is that not a lot of people are interested in a job that pays minimum wage for the responsibilities it entails, especially when similar entry-level jobs in that field tend to pay several dollars an hour more. I don't know if they've bothered to raise their wages over time as this is not advertised.
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