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At least they sent you a letter, I applied for a job in October and interviewed, and in November (like 3 weeks later) asked if there was any word they said no not yet. So at this point I'm not sure if that's a "no" or a "we are still working on it."
Perhaps you're lucky you weren't chosen, you seem like a real stick in the mud.
I liked the tone of the letter, I'm, personally, sick to death of impersonal form letters and frankly, this is the way even giant corporations are being run now.
Places like Google, Facebook etc have fun as their focus and are leaving the stuffed shirts at the door.
Geez, it's the new way people. Live a little and have fun with it.
Oh, ya, it is SO COOL that our economy has deteriorated to the point that legions of highly qualified people are willing to work for free just to get their foot in the door.
Sad is more like it.
I like the earlier poster's suggestion: Post a person for THAT person's job, have the submissions go to you, and then send him/her an envelope of all the deperate people willing to work work his/her job for FREE. Maybe that will jar her to her senses.
I think it is highly personalized. Meant to encourage you that while there are so many applicants, you were a stand out. The fact they are going to let you know before posting their next opening is a plus. I also think that people interviewing folks for non-paid positions, don't equate it to the "normal" I need a pay check job...That's why they can come across as more light hearted. To think otherwise, you must know more than you shared in your OP.
Why are you so disheartened by a turn down letter for a non-paid position??
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I don't see anything wrong with it. They must have thought you would be very discouraged to be turned down for a VOLUNTEER gig. So they chose to lessen your discouragement by telling you some facts you wouldn't have known otherwise. Its a good thing.
...Perhaps you're lucky you weren't chosen, you seem like a real stick in the mud.
I'm, personally, sick to death of...
Insulting the OP is not acceptable. If you don't have something nice to say or something positive to add to the discussion, why engage the thread at all? Raise the bar.
Human resources and administration are no place to be anything but objective and professional. I don't care what generation you're from nor whether you're talking about a nonprofit or for-profit center.
Too much information and subjective emotions are never welcome in a consolation letter such as that. It all goes back to the Golden Rule of how would you like to be treated if the tables were turned? "Good for us and too bad so sad for you" is never an acceptable attitude.
Just because we live in a Facebook laid back culture don't make it right.
Last night I saw some 16ish year old girl driving the Student Driver vehicle into the parking space next to mine. Even though I thought she might clip my truck bumper, she was driving about one foot per hour. She finally got parked. Then what? That's right. She picked up her cell phone and started yaking away to somebody.
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