'Previous applicants need not reapply'

WasteOfTime

ok then thanks, I need to re think my attitude if i want a part time minimum wage job at asda then, good job you warned me

Takeaway_Addict

WasteOfTime wrote: »

ok then thanks, I need to re think my attitude if i want a part time minimum wage job at asda then, good job you warned me

Our pleasure...nice to see you are learning so quick! Asda will be pleased in 6 months time.

Savvy_Sue

noelphobic wrote: »

Why do they say that? Does it mean all the unsuccessful applicants have been so awful that they never want them to darken their doorstep again?

Usually this.

elsien wrote: »

Just trying to stop people wasting their own time and ours.

And this.

We've just done a re-advertisement, and someone did re-apply, they hadn't been shortlisted for interview last time and I don't think they re-wrote their application which MIGHT have made a difference. So, as elsien said, a waste of their time and ours.

noelphobic

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

Usually this.

And this.

We've just done a re-advertisement, and someone did re-apply, they hadn't been shortlisted for interview last time and I don't think they re-wrote their application which MIGHT have made a difference. So, as elsien said, a waste of their time and ours.

I applied for a job in January which I didn't get an interview for. I asked for feedback and when another job came up in the same organisation but for a different branch I tweaked my application form and did get an interview. Didn't get the job but now the branch that advertised in January have another vacancy so am reapplying there with the tweaked application form, plus may make a couple more changes.

When I got my feedback from the first one I was told that it was a good application but they only interviewed the first four or five and I didn't make the cut. I was specifically told to not let it deter me from making further applications. When I got the call about the unsuccessful interview I asked if I should hesitate in applying if anything else came up and got told that I should go ahead.

I'm working on the basis that they'll either give me a job or a restraining order sooner or later! :rotfl:

fruitedeli

WasteOfTime wrote: »

Well I had it recently after applying for a PART TIME job at asda, it said that I could not apply again for 6 months for ANY job at asda. Now you would think that I may have a criminal record, drug/alcohol problem or any other issue after being so rudely discounted(I don't of course), I simply sent off my perfectly presentable C.V and begging letter, received reply. The sad fact is that its an employers market and they can treat people how they want, with so many applicants for unskilled minimum wage, no benefit to the worker jobs like this, I found it particularly insulting as many of our local asda employees are erm... a little bit backwards shall we say, (no malice intended) I beg to understand the application process, maybe its a requirement and I was just overqualified. Yes that's it.

Perhaps you're simply NOT qualified and failed the simple test questions? Ever thought those backwards thinking employees actually completed the test(s) with better results than you? :rotfl:

Paypeanuts

WasteOfTime wrote: »

Well I had it recently after applying for a PART TIME job at asda, it said that I could not apply again for 6 months for ANY job at asda. Now you would think that I may have a criminal record, drug/alcohol problem or any other issue after being so rudely discounted(I don't of course), I simply sent off my perfectly presentable C.V and begging letter, received reply. The sad fact is that its an employers market and they can treat people how they want, with so many applicants for unskilled minimum wage, no benefit to the worker jobs like this, I found it particularly insulting as many of our local asda employees are erm... a little bit backwards shall we say, (no malice intended) I beg to understand the application process, maybe its a requirement and I was just overqualified. Yes that's it.

You might or might not be overqualified, I have no idea. What the 6 month rule means with mass employers is that anyone they reject cannot have an application accepted for any role till 6 months has passed, it's just a blanket rule and nothing personal. The idea is that in 6 months time the criteria or the CV or the skills may have changed.

jscott05

WasteOfTime wrote: »

ok then thanks, I need to re think my attitude if i want a part time minimum wage job at asda then, good job you warned me

First impression of you aren't good you should try and work on that then maybe all the backwards people will stop getting employed before you.

keep_calm_and_carry_on_2

I work part-time at Asda. I guess this "backwards" person managed to do something right then, because at no point does Asda ask for a CV. The whole application process is done online. Not implying I might be cleverer than anyone else of course, just saying ......

Denning.

keep_calm_and_carry_on wrote: »

I work part-time at Asda. I guess this "backwards" person managed to do something right then, because at no point does Asda ask for a CV. The whole application process is done online. Not implying I might be cleverer than anyone else of course, just saying ......

I would hire the person who followed the application process rather than someone who didn't...

J_i_m

It's a little dispiriting to see "Previous applicants need not apply" but it's simply the recruiter trying pre eliminate unsuccessful candidates who they've already decided they don't want to employ.

However, I'm of the opinion that "equal opportunity" does not exclude you from applying if you wish to do so. If you think you meet the criteria then apply, the worst they can do is reject you.