How to Respond to a Job Rejection E-mail

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Thank you, for such a strong yet positive responds to the writer.

Vanessa of KS 8:40PM October 29, 2011

[Today's Date]
Dear Mr/Ms. XXXXX:
Thank you for your letter of March 20. After careful consideration I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me employment with XXX XXXXXX Ltd.
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 available, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals.
I certainly appreciate the time, skill and creativity invested in submitting your letter of rejection. Despite your outstanding qualifications and likely having previous experience in rejecting many quality applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet with my needs at this time.
Therefore, I will initiate employment with your firm on Monday of the following week. Please arrange the appropriate details with your Human Resources department and Accounting teams. I look forward to being a part of the team. See you then!
Best of luck in rejecting future candidates.
Sincerely,
XXXX XXXXXXX

BoB of AL 1:32PM October 04, 2010

Hi..
I read your article and it was really educative. I recently had attended an interview in an MNC, had been through serveral rounds and atlast they infact had told that they shall inform me within 5 days or so..so i kept on waiting and infact sent a mail to them to let me know the status because it will relive me to search for other jobs if not..so that i need not be thinking always hope i shall get that one..or so..
But infact, neither a mail or response was made from the HR dept.
Truly, i believe even if its rejection they can let the candidate know..that should truly relive instead of false hopes and how long it would anyway type a mail in this world...True they might have number of other tasks, but if someone is waiting for an response from their end they should be let known..otherwise it might create a bad image of the co...
How???..i enquired with a few of my friends..who said about the co, eh...leave tat co they dont respond well...they take a very long time to respond..dont worry even to apply for that co...and so..on..look out for other co's..
So..responding to a email is important whether its positive or negative feedback.
Your article is nice

starry 3:11AM August 11, 2009

Salient points and savvy advice from Suzanne.
Two points:
1. Don't take this personally.
Did you know that 30% of successful job candidates do not last the typical 90 day probation. The reasons are numerous.
2. If you TRULY want(wanted) this position, why not write a response to the letter, gently saying to the HR person that if the hired candidate does not work out, that you would like to be considered. State your USP (unique selling points) and your personal branding.
In any business, there is at least a 24% turnover each year.
Keep going forward in your job search.
Melissa Martin
Bilingual career coach
MC Martin career coaching and teaching
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Melissa 8:56AM July 20, 2009

Great post! There could be a million reasons why a job applicant didn't get a job. Perhaps the job position got cancelled or the hiring manager had a bad day. As hard as it may, try to leave the rejection behind you and move on.
Here's a blog post that I wrote about "How to Handle Rejection":
http://blog.seattleinterviewcoach.com/2009/02/job-interview-tips-how-to-handle.html
- Lewis, SeattleInterviewCoach.com

Lewis, Seattle Interview Coach of WA 2:53AM July 10, 2009