Rejected. Manager said explicitly because it was I am not local. (interview, unemployed)
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So I was one of the "top two" finalists for a position in FL. I am in the Midwest. The manager sent me an email this morning saying I was rejected because he decided to go with a local candidate. While he was frank about it, I'm sure this goes on a lot.
Have you been rejected and told it was because you aren't local?
You don't know if he choose him because he was local... just that he choose someone that was local. Is that enough of a distinction for you? or did you just word it in a misleading way?
You don't know if he choose him because he was local... just that he choose someone that was local. Is that enough of a distinction for you? or did you just word it in a misleading way?
The manager said I was a strong candidate but he had a local candidate who also met the need. They stated they were looking for a start date of August 1. I thought the cue there was pretty evident.
They stated they were looking for a start date of August 1.
August 1st? That's over two months away. If I was told I have the job but you can't start for two months, I'd tell them Yes, but keep looking to see if anything better comes up. Two months is a long time to wait, especially if your unemployed.
August 1st? That's over two months away. If I was told I have the job but you can't start for two months, I'd tell them Yes, but keep looking to see if anything better comes up. Two months is a long time to wait, especially if your unemployed.
Not unemployed and I'm gainfully employed. Merely wanting to relocate to FL. They asked for my current salary, and though I'm not getting rich, it may be more than they'd pay in FL.
The company can choose its recruiting area, if they decided to accept candidates from out of the area, then that is what they chose to do, it is not a conspiracy or anything that they did not select you because you are not local. The best candidate just happen to be local, that is all.
The entire local/non-local thing is going out the door quickly except the low wage, unskilled jobs. Even at that, many people have been hired at low wage retail that applied from out of the area.
So I was one of the "top two" finalists for a position in FL. I am in the Midwest. The manager sent me an email this morning saying I was rejected because he decided to go with a local candidate. While he was frank about it, I'm sure this goes on a lot.
Have you been rejected and told it was because you aren't local?
If the distance was an issue, he wouldn't have considered you. He's lying.
So I was one of the "top two" finalists for a position in FL. I am in the Midwest. The manager sent me an email this morning saying I was rejected because he decided to go with a local candidate. While he was frank about it, I'm sure this goes on a lot.
Have you been rejected and told it was because you aren't local?
As an employer, if I was making a hiring decisions where a person's residency status was a factor, you never would have had the interview until and only after exhausting the local applicant pool. I suspect the "local" was a way to lessen the blow to you as you walk away thinking "hey it wasn't me, just where I lived which isn't about me" and the company got the best person for the job without having to deal with normal explanations.
Can you share what kind of a position you applied for?
I have hiring managers who will look at relo candidates but prefer local especially when the position benefits from ties to the market.
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