rejection letters 1717 Responses

Last post: 1 year, 3 months ago | Thread started: Feb 21, 12, 12:40 p.m.

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• bjladams

  what's the opinion on writing rejection letters?

  do you respond to each - or just a quick 'sorry, no - not looking at the present'

  Feb 21, 12, 12:40 p.m. – Permalink

• zoozoo

  like this:

  Sir,
  You do not have what it takes.
  You stink.
  Your a step behind us.
  You just don't get it.

  We trolled you.

  Good night.

  We'll call you if we need you.

  - The organization.

  • i don't want to work for someone with poor grammar anyway– albums1/2

    haha– zoozoo2/2

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 12:46 p.m. – Permalink

• melq

  I use a stock "Thanks for your interest; if your skills match our clients' needs we'll be in touch."

  *(obviously a more verbose version than this)

  . . .

  I once applied for a design job that would only accept hand-written cover letters—nothing typed. Naturally, it took about three tries and most of an evening to write out an error/smudge-free letter.

  When I received a rejection note card addressed to "Dear Applicant" I nearly hunted the fucker down.

  • lol– bjladams1/3

    LOL– mg332/3

    hahaha– CanHasQBN3/3

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 12:46 p.m. – Permalink

• bjladams

  i've been trying to respond to each, viewing portfolios and all, but i'm getting a couple a day now, which eats up an hour or 2 a week.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 12:48 p.m. – Permalink

• Miesfan

  i like this;
  

  

  • classy letterhead!– pressplay

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 12:50 p.m. – Permalink

• pressplay

  depends on how much applications you get. If it would eat up hours, you better have some standard letter of rejection ready.
  If you get an application from time to time, individually directed at you/your company and you see that some effort went into it I think it deserves some individual treatment. And if you liked the work, say so.

  • see 2 posts up.
    – bjladams

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 12:51 p.m. – Permalink

• bulletfactory

  I think you should come up with a generic, "Thank you, but we've identified a candidate who more greatly matches our current needs. We'll keep your resume on file for XX months and contact you if a position better-matching your qualifications becomes available. Best of luck in your search. yadda yadda"

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 12:52 p.m. – Permalink

• zaq

  is that why you can't reply to my emails? Busy surfing QBN?

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 1:05 p.m. – Permalink

• autoflavour

  just dont respond.
  easy

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 1:06 p.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  From an unsolicited enquiry?

  Just thank them for their interest, state te reality of your situation (ie. we're quite all right, thanks) then wish the the very best.

  (I keep getting CVs from people who clearly think my wee business is much bigger than it actually is - I've gone from feeling terrible about 'not being able to help out' to quite chuffed that I'm pulling the wool over the public's eyes..)

  • "quite all right, thanks" = we have no open positions, I mean - not "haha, we've got a job and you don't, na na"
    – detritus1/3

    that's about what we're up to now. my personality (wanting to help) and my business sense (cutting slack) don't always align.– bjladams2/3

    align.– bjladams3/3

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 1:13 p.m. – Permalink

• mg33

  It would be hilarious to somehow get in touch with the person's mother and have them deliver the bad news for you.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 1:18 p.m. – Permalink

• zoozoo

  a graphic designers job is, failure or success, we must move on and keep going without making a big stink.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 1:20 p.m. – Permalink

• bulletfactory

  ^ agreed, but at least knowing where you stand is appreciated... and helps avoid repeated submissions.

  • +1– ali

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 1:34 p.m. – Permalink

• zoozoo

  absolutely.

  

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  Dog-earFeb 21, 12, 1:38 p.m. – Permalink

• randomname

  Where do you work bjladams?

  Nice so many people want to work for you.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 6:07 a.m. – Permalink

• randomname

  Thanks for your interest, but I don't think your work and experience is the best fit for us at the moment.

  Thanks again for your interest in us.

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 6:10 a.m. – Permalink

• digdre

  Mailing back is always nice, even if it's a rejection in a sentence or two. To me it doesn't matter what the reason is, the fact that you mailed back is a nice gesture. Not mailing back is just... rude?! I don't know...
  I applied for a decent amount of jobs and I keep wondering if they actually read them (because I didn't get anything back).

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 8:35 a.m. – Permalink

• bjladams

  @randomname - i run my own small studio. i think it's because it's almost graduation time, so there are hundreds of soon to be grads applying all over.

  i'm trying to reply to as many as possible- as per digdre, i've been on the other side too, and know it's at least nice to know that people are receiving my applications

  

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  Dog-earMar 4, 12, 8:47 a.m. – Permalink