About a month ago I applied for a job advertised in the local newspaper. It was for a job I didn’t really want, for a company I didn’t really want to work for, but I felt that I had a responsibility to apply for any job that I was even remotely qualified for. With the national unemployment rate now at 10.2%, I feel as though I shouldn’t let any opportunity for gainful employment slip on by.
Last night I received an email from this company concerning the position I applied for. Here’s a screen shot:
By the name for the document they attached to the email for me to read, I don’t think I need to bother opening it. The title of the document says everything I need to know. I’ve been rejected.
I went ahead and opened the document and read it. Nowhere in the letter does the word “rejection” appear. In the letter, they are much nicer in how they tell me that don’t want to hire me.
Being unemployed is so much fun.
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Not that it makes it any easier on the ego, but at least you received a response. I don’t know how many times, I, my spouse, and my son have applied for jobs and never heard a word. Obviously we are rational enough to realize that no news is bad news in this case but, since it does take time to send resumes and fill out apps (even on-line), it would be nice for companies to at least take the time to hit “send” on the auto-reject e-mail. Cathy
@Cathy: I agree with you about getting a response. I’ve gone to interviews before where they tell me a set time they will make a decision and if I don’t hear back from them by then, yada yada yada.
I just thought it was funny that the word “rejection” was used in the title of the file. It seems to me that they could have used the word “sorry” or something a lot less abrupt.
Yeah, you’re right. But tact and etiquette don’t seem to be in huge supply in corporate America these days…
“Rejection for ESP?” It’s sad that employers are now discriminating on the basis of supernatural ability.