Job rejection letters

tazwhoever

Most job rejection letters have similar writing “you have been unsuccessful on this occasion and encourage you to apply again in future if a suitable position becomes available”

As a candidate you becomes unsuccessful it’s very unlikely s/he would apply again, why don’t employers be honest?

You can’t bang your head against the wall twice!

Thanks

Takeaway_Addict

tazwhoever wrote: »

Most job rejection letters have similar writing “you have been unsuccessful on this occasion and encourage you to apply again in future if a suitable position becomes available”

As a candidate you becomes unsuccessful it’s very unlikely s/he would apply again, why don’t employers be honest?

You can’t bang your head against the wall twice!

Thanks

minimises the risk of any discrimination claims being brought against the employer, and its just polite

Flyonthewall

tazwhoever wrote: »

Most job rejection letters have similar writing “you have been unsuccessful on this occasion and encourage you to apply again in future if a suitable position becomes available”

As a candidate you becomes unsuccessful it’s very unlikely s/he would apply again, why don’t employers be honest?

You can’t bang your head against the wall twice!

Thanks

There are many reasons why you may not be successful and it doesn't say apply again for the same position, you may be very suited to another position, apply and get the job!

Plenty of people do reapply for jobs though. Some because they've gained more qualifications or relevant experience since last applying, some may change their CV to see if that helps, some may apply sooner next time as sometimes employers may not go through later applications if they've already found enough suitable people for interview.

I see nothing wrong at all with putting that.

SailorSam

We were talking about this when i went to sign-on last week. The young girl was asking me how i was getting on with job search and how many applications i'd made. I told her i found it annoying and disheartening that i never got any replies. I said i understand they must get a large number of applicants, and i could understand if these companies had to sit down; write a letter; put it in an envelope with a stamp on, then take it to the post. But today when everything is done via email, how hard is it to send 100 identical messages. She told me, it isn't just you, we estimate 2% get told, the rest are ignored. I think that's terrible.

theoretica

It might be genuine. Just because someone else scored better doesn't mean the recruiters think you couldn't do the job well. My work has enough good applicants that jobs come down to a close call between several candidates. If we have another vacancy shortly after we sometimes offer it directly to a candidate who wasn't successful first time, and many of our staff applied more than once before they were successful.

TBagpuss

It may be perfectly genuine. We have certainly had cases where someone has not got the job but was a good candiate who would we be happy to consider. In fact we have 2 members of staff who I can think off of the top of my head who were taken on for the second job they applied for, having been rejected for the first.

In relatin to telling people - even mass e-mails take time - think about typing 100 email addresses.

I do appreciate how frustrating it is not to hear back but in cases where there are high numbers of applications it is not always practical.

If you are applying by post then inclosing a stamped addressed envelope may increase your chances oif getting a response, and create a good impression, particualrly in smaller employers (larger employers are more likely to have a post room and for the person dealing with the applications not to see the SAE)