The rejection rejection letter every job seeker needs to keep in their arsenal.
Thanks to the magic of StumbleUpon, I found this rejection denial note (rejection rejection letter?) on a humor site.
Herbert A. Millington
Chair ā Search Committee
412A Clarkson Hall, Whitson University
College Hill, MA 34109Dear Professor Millington,
Thank you for your letter of March 16. After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me an assistant professor position in your department.
This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals.
Despite Whitson's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at this time. Therefore, I will assume the position of assistant professor in your department this August. I look forward to seeing you then.
Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.
Sincerely,
Chris L. Jensen
Wouldn't you love to try this? What's stopping you?
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I used this with my class of longterm unemployed today. Broke the ice, made them laugh and gave them ideas.
This is pure gold. Is it REAL?
Hey Pete, glad that you and your class had a good chuckle.
Real? I donāt know, to be honest. Someone claimed here that itās an adaptation of a letter in Neal Postmanās Amusing Ourselves to Death but Amazonās Search Inside the Book canāt find the word ārejectionā, so perhaps not.
I bet someone has used it for themselves in real life, itās hard to resist š
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There is only one problem with this:
In ISRAEL, and in todayās age of technology, most potential employers do not even bother with rejection letters and if you get accepted they call you.
but I loved it !
thanks for the laugh !
ā¦good sense! somehow, sometimes we revise it. lol..makes me laugh..
I loved itā¦ thanks for the good laugh and a new way of looking at rejection. Iām a career coach and I deal with so many clients who have all kinds of fears around rejection. Wouldnāt it feel empowering to send someone a letter like that ā or at least to pretend you did?
Hi Izabella, I wish Iād thought of doing just that on my last job search when I was really annoyed with a company. Itās a great way to blow off steam and frankly, I donāt see much danger in it. Youāll probably make them laugh as well.
I just subscribed to your blog. Good stuff there š
I have got to try that!!! but Moshe is right, who bothers to send out rejection letters anymore? The only place I know is in Germany, and not always.
~dave
Dave, itās true, very few companies bother. And when they do, it often comes much later, too late to matter:
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As if it would help reduce the feeling of rejection anyway.
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LOL..this is so cool. I wondered if those employers share the same humor thoughā¦
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I would love to see more people do this and talk about it.
http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/rejection.asp
I looked this up as I noticed right at the salutation that while the state is MA, no zip code here begins with ā34āāand that zip is the same as my in-laws in Collier County, FL. Itās also hard to find āWhitson Univ.ā.
The story behind the letterās origins on Snopes is a good one!
Good eye and even better investigative work š Thanks for telling us
This is hardly new ā I saw this ācandidate rejection letterā at least 1000 times over the last 20 years.
It was kinda funny back then ā now itās just stupid.
Itās new to everyone who hasnāt seen it š
agree! I enjoyed the laugh today, thx.
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