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Im tired of all these DO NOT REPLY rejection emails. At least tell me why you decided not to go forward with my resume. Tell me what skills im lacking. So i can improve and focus on what needs to be done. Oh well im using all this as motivation. When i get a job back on the east coast(read previous posts) im gonna spend time with family and go BACK TO SCHOOL. i see without a degree, YOU ARE SCREWED.
Im tired of all these DO NOT REPLY rejection emails. At least tell me why you decided not to go forward with my resume. Tell me what skills im lacking. So i can improve and focus on what needs to be done. Oh well im using all this as motivation. When i get a job back on the east coast(read previous posts) im gonna spend time with family and go BACK TO SCHOOL. i see without a degree, YOU ARE SCREWED.
Do you know how many resumes these people screening must go through? And how many of them are from people who have zero relevance or experience to the job? And those whose resume's look like a pre schooler wrote and formatted it?
I'm not saying it's the greatest of things not to get a reply, but in past I usually never got a reply back after I applied and forwarded resume. Since I applied online, I'd get one of those canned "thank you for applying, if your skill sets match we will notify you" responses.
Please someone clarify me the following question: What is the difference between being ignored without a reply at all and being rejected by a generic email sent to you 2 or 3 weeks later of your application?
While that is often considered classified information, I sometimes managed to find out. In one case I didn't have specific experience, another the potential employer did not get selected for the project.
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Even when there are only 10-15 people interviewed, companies are not anxious to give out specifics of their reason for your rejection. They are not there to help you get a job elsewhere, they are only trying to get the best possible person to fill their vacancy. There is also the threat of lawsuits, if a person from HR or hiring manager says the wrong thing. By saying nothing, there is no evidence to worry about. If you are not selected, it just means someone else was determined to be better. If there was only one opening and at least two applicants, someone is going to be the loser, and there is nothing you can do but keep trying.
In addition to what Hemlock posted, it is also a matter of effectively managing employees' time. If we did not move forward with your interview, neither I or anyone else is going to send 60 individually crafted letters to applicants with an analysis of the areas in which they need improvement -- that is not our job. It also avoids the endless back-and-forth of rebuttals and justifications on why they did actually meet a deficiency and should be placed back into the consideration pile.
Please someone clarify me the following question: What is the difference between being ignored without a reply at all and being rejected by a generic email sent to you 2 or 3 weeks later of your application?
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Would have loved to have heard THAT sooner. I once got an email from the HR of a hospital I applied to for the janitor position. NINE MONTHS later they sent me the canned response.
I then (Still having them on my mailing list) sent back a email thanking them for the reply, but I died of starvation waiting for the job offer...Never applied again, but that felt so good to tell them they were slower than slugs.
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