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thecyclingexpostie
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unsuccessful application

Post by thecyclingexpostie »

having left rm last year for greener pastures, i found myself on the market again rather too soon after. i applied for another postie's job at a neighbouring do, and, despite having done the job for 6 months, i received the following:
Re: Postman/Woman with Driving - Bramhall Ref. RML049267

Further to your application for the above role and receipt of your online test notification, I regret to inform you that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful .

We appreciate that this may be disappointing for you, however it may be that your skills are more suited to one of our other roles. If you have not done so already, we recommend you take advantage of our email job alert service so that you can receive the latest vacancies as they arise.
fortunately, i am starting another non-rm job tomorrow, so i can more than see the funny side… :left:
dvbuk55
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Re: unsuccessful application

Post by dvbuk55 »

thecyclingexpostie wrote:having left rm last year for greener pastures, i found myself on the market again rather too soon after. i applied for another postie's job at a neighbouring do, and, despite having done the job for 6 months, i received the following:
Re: Postman/Woman with Driving - Bramhall Ref. RML049267

Further to your application for the above role and receipt of your online test notification, I regret to inform you that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful .

We appreciate that this may be disappointing for you, however it may be that your skills are more suited to one of our other roles. If you have not done so already, we recommend you take advantage of our email job alert service so that you can receive the latest vacancies as they arise.
fortunately, i am starting another non-rm job tomorrow, so i can more than see the funny side… :left:
Unfortunately we have lowered the standards since last year and you are now overqualified :chuckle :chuckle
ebbzie
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Re: unsuccessful application

Post by ebbzie »

They were letting you down gently. Obviously you couldnt handle the job before , so you couldnt handle it now :nana
TrueBlueTerrier
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Re: unsuccessful application

Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

Its a form letter and not designed to pass on real information. You may have been the best candidate but did not have the right "background" :speak to the hand but as they don't have the capacity to have different rejection letters everyone gets the same one.
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