Ahhh, the DINGs continue. This just forwarded to me…

Student received the following DING letter less than 24 hours after applying to a job. Check out the audacity of this firm.

“Thank you for your interest in the ROLE position with COMPANY.  The quality of applications for this role were particularly high and we regret to inform you, we will not be progressing your application any further for this particular role as there were others whose skills and experience matched our requirements more closely.

Unfortunately we are unable to give individual feedback at this stage of the process, however we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in COMPANY and request that you continue to visit http://WEBSITE to look for other roles that maybe a good fit for your skills and interests.   As you will see we are always looking for top talent.  If you happen to come upon a role that is a better fit for a colleague or friend, please send them our way!”

Favorite part of the letter — the use of the exclamation mark. Let me translate that for you in simpler words.

“We didn’t even have to finish the cup of coffee we were drinking to figure out that there is no way we are hiring your dumb ass. On the off chance that you have smart friends, send THOSE people our way. Feel free to look around our site for other opportunities for us to kill what remains of your self esteem.”

Ladies and gentlemen… it’s not just you. It’s DING season.. it’s happening to everyone (except for the author of this blog, because he is totally employable for all jobs in the universe. That’s right. ALL OF THEM.)

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