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Should You Reject A Rejection Letter?

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August 31, 2009 Posted By: Trevor Wilson Category: Offers


Interesting post over at Guerrilla Job Hunting. The general idea is that it can pay off to reply to a rejection letter.

This is news to me. I have received plenty of rejection letters in my time but I have never responded to one in this manner.

Here’s the idea…

…write a gracious reply, thanking the company for their time and reaffirming [your] strong desire to work for them.

Seems to have worked for this person. But I would probably caution you against this technique. Companies usually send out rejection letters once they have an accepted offer in hand. I would guess that most successful candidates don’t turn down offers that they have already accepted (especially in this economy).

So while you might get lucky, your time would be better spent moving on to other open positions rather than following up on rejection letters.

Anyone disagree?

2 Responses to “Should You Reject A Rejection Letter?”

  1. Yan says:

    But what if the rejection letter/email is for a graduate scheme that they send out to everyone en masse? Still worth a try?

  2. It probably can’t hurt. If they have already rejected you, you really don’t have anything to lose.

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