Is this rejection rude? Should I apply to another position in the same University?
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I applied for an adjunct position and never heard back from the school. I emailed them to learn about the status of my application and this is the response I received: Your resume is competitive but doesn't meet our needs. Am I overreacting for thinking that this is a rude rejection letter (well, one sentence!)? There is another position open, but I am hesitant to apply. What would you do if you were me?
p.s.1 Sorry, I know this is a petty question, but I have become very picky since I want to work in a healthy environment.
p.s.2 I am pretty confident I am not underqualified for the position.
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I applied for an adjunct position and never heard back from the school. I emailed them to learn about the status of my application and this is the response I received: Your resume is competitive but doesn't meet our needs. Am I overreacting for thinking that this is a rude rejection letter (well, one sentence!)? There is another position open, but I am hesitant to apply. What would you do if you were me?
p.s.1 Sorry, I know this is a petty question, but I have become very picky since I want to work in a healthy environment.
p.s.2 I am pretty confident I am not underqualified for the position.
teaching job rejection
asked Dec 15 at 15:54
Kar Masia
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All rejections hurt. No, it's not rude; it's just straightforward.
– JeffE
Dec 15 at 16:05
4
At least you got a response!
– Thomas
Dec 15 at 17:47
1
"We would lie to inform you that you have not been successful this time, but we have kept your resume on file."...
– Solar Mike
Dec 15 at 18:14
@SolarMike: Is "lie" for "like" an intentional typo?
– ruakh
Dec 16 at 2:58
@ruakh was a typo ...
– Solar Mike
Dec 16 at 5:56
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I applied for an adjunct position and never heard back from the school. I emailed them to learn about the status of my application and this is the response I received: Your resume is competitive but doesn't meet our needs. Am I overreacting for thinking that this is a rude rejection letter (well, one sentence!)? There is another position open, but I am hesitant to apply. What would you do if you were me?
p.s.1 Sorry, I know this is a petty question, but I have become very picky since I want to work in a healthy environment.
p.s.2 I am pretty confident I am not underqualified for the position.
teaching job rejection
asked Dec 15 at 15:54
Kar Masia
6961614
I applied for an adjunct position and never heard back from the school. I emailed them to learn about the status of my application and this is the response I received: Your resume is competitive but doesn't meet our needs. Am I overreacting for thinking that this is a rude rejection letter (well, one sentence!)? There is another position open, but I am hesitant to apply. What would you do if you were me?
p.s.1 Sorry, I know this is a petty question, but I have become very picky since I want to work in a healthy environment.
p.s.2 I am pretty confident I am not underqualified for the position.
teaching job rejection
teaching job rejection
asked Dec 15 at 15:54
Kar Masia
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asked Dec 15 at 15:54
Kar Masia
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asked Dec 15 at 15:54
Kar Masia
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asked Dec 15 at 15:54
Kar Masia
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asked Dec 15 at 15:54
Kar Masia
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All rejections hurt. No, it's not rude; it's just straightforward.
– JeffE
Dec 15 at 16:05
4
At least you got a response!
– Thomas
Dec 15 at 17:47
1
"We would lie to inform you that you have not been successful this time, but we have kept your resume on file."...
– Solar Mike
Dec 15 at 18:14
@SolarMike: Is "lie" for "like" an intentional typo?
– ruakh
Dec 16 at 2:58
@ruakh was a typo ...
– Solar Mike
Dec 16 at 5:56
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show 1 more comment
15
All rejections hurt. No, it's not rude; it's just straightforward.
– JeffE
Dec 15 at 16:05
4
At least you got a response!
– Thomas
Dec 15 at 17:47
1
"We would lie to inform you that you have not been successful this time, but we have kept your resume on file."...
– Solar Mike
Dec 15 at 18:14
@SolarMike: Is "lie" for "like" an intentional typo?
– ruakh
Dec 16 at 2:58
@ruakh was a typo ...
– Solar Mike
Dec 16 at 5:56
15
15
All rejections hurt. No, it's not rude; it's just straightforward.
– JeffE
Dec 15 at 16:05
All rejections hurt. No, it's not rude; it's just straightforward.
– JeffE
Dec 15 at 16:05
4
4
At least you got a response!
– Thomas
Dec 15 at 17:47
At least you got a response!
– Thomas
Dec 15 at 17:47
1
1
"We would lie to inform you that you have not been successful this time, but we have kept your resume on file."...
– Solar Mike
Dec 15 at 18:14
"We would lie to inform you that you have not been successful this time, but we have kept your resume on file."...
– Solar Mike
Dec 15 at 18:14
@SolarMike: Is "lie" for "like" an intentional typo?
– ruakh
Dec 16 at 2:58
@SolarMike: Is "lie" for "like" an intentional typo?
– ruakh
Dec 16 at 2:58
@ruakh was a typo ...
– Solar Mike
Dec 16 at 5:56
@ruakh was a typo ...
– Solar Mike
Dec 16 at 5:56
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This seems to me like a normal rejection letter. They normally don't really contain any information except "you didn't get the job". Some letters do go on for longer about "we had so many great candidates and we wish we could hire them all, blah blah blah" but I wouldn't really say that makes them more polite.
In particular, I certainly would not draw any conclusions about the "healthiness" of the environment from this letter. It might be a good department or a bad one, but this letter doesn't help you to determine which; you'll need to investigate that in other ways. See:
How can I detect a toxic environment while on the interview circuit?
"Warning signs" that candidates should be aware of during an academic job interview
What things can I do as a job market candidate to gauge the internal political culture of a department that is hiring?
answered Dec 15 at 16:13
Nate Eldredge
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I clicked +1 for the gist of your answer even though I think that it would be preferable for writers of rejection letters to have enough eloquence to write something like "we are sorry, but your application doesn't meet our need at the moment" followed by an indication about whether this is likely to change or whether they don't hire your profile at all. Instead, "your application doesn't fit our need", almost implies that it was an imposition to have implied at all. As Nate writes, though, this is no good metric for how the department treats instructors they DID hire.
– chryss
Dec 15 at 19:57
Thank you so much, everyone, for taking the time and responding. I have received rejection letters before, but this one irritated me. OK, I'll move on! :) Thanks, Nate, for sharing those links.
– Kar Masia
Dec 16 at 6:59
@chryss As far as I understand, at least in the United States people are very hesitant to put anything in a rejection letter that could be the basis of legal recourse against the rejection, which goes a long way to explain their uselessness for the applicant.
– sgf
2 days ago
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This seems to me like a normal rejection letter. They normally don't really contain any information except "you didn't get the job". Some letters do go on for longer about "we had so many great candidates and we wish we could hire them all, blah blah blah" but I wouldn't really say that makes them more polite.
In particular, I certainly would not draw any conclusions about the "healthiness" of the environment from this letter. It might be a good department or a bad one, but this letter doesn't help you to determine which; you'll need to investigate that in other ways. See:
How can I detect a toxic environment while on the interview circuit?
"Warning signs" that candidates should be aware of during an academic job interview
What things can I do as a job market candidate to gauge the internal political culture of a department that is hiring?
answered Dec 15 at 16:13
Nate Eldredge
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I clicked +1 for the gist of your answer even though I think that it would be preferable for writers of rejection letters to have enough eloquence to write something like "we are sorry, but your application doesn't meet our need at the moment" followed by an indication about whether this is likely to change or whether they don't hire your profile at all. Instead, "your application doesn't fit our need", almost implies that it was an imposition to have implied at all. As Nate writes, though, this is no good metric for how the department treats instructors they DID hire.
– chryss
Dec 15 at 19:57
Thank you so much, everyone, for taking the time and responding. I have received rejection letters before, but this one irritated me. OK, I'll move on! :) Thanks, Nate, for sharing those links.
– Kar Masia
Dec 16 at 6:59
@chryss As far as I understand, at least in the United States people are very hesitant to put anything in a rejection letter that could be the basis of legal recourse against the rejection, which goes a long way to explain their uselessness for the applicant.
– sgf
2 days ago
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up vote
21
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accepted
This seems to me like a normal rejection letter. They normally don't really contain any information except "you didn't get the job". Some letters do go on for longer about "we had so many great candidates and we wish we could hire them all, blah blah blah" but I wouldn't really say that makes them more polite.
In particular, I certainly would not draw any conclusions about the "healthiness" of the environment from this letter. It might be a good department or a bad one, but this letter doesn't help you to determine which; you'll need to investigate that in other ways. See:
How can I detect a toxic environment while on the interview circuit?
"Warning signs" that candidates should be aware of during an academic job interview
What things can I do as a job market candidate to gauge the internal political culture of a department that is hiring?
answered Dec 15 at 16:13
Nate Eldredge
104k32298398
1
I clicked +1 for the gist of your answer even though I think that it would be preferable for writers of rejection letters to have enough eloquence to write something like "we are sorry, but your application doesn't meet our need at the moment" followed by an indication about whether this is likely to change or whether they don't hire your profile at all. Instead, "your application doesn't fit our need", almost implies that it was an imposition to have implied at all. As Nate writes, though, this is no good metric for how the department treats instructors they DID hire.
– chryss
Dec 15 at 19:57
Thank you so much, everyone, for taking the time and responding. I have received rejection letters before, but this one irritated me. OK, I'll move on! :) Thanks, Nate, for sharing those links.
– Kar Masia
Dec 16 at 6:59
@chryss As far as I understand, at least in the United States people are very hesitant to put anything in a rejection letter that could be the basis of legal recourse against the rejection, which goes a long way to explain their uselessness for the applicant.
– sgf
2 days ago
add a comment |
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up vote
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This seems to me like a normal rejection letter. They normally don't really contain any information except "you didn't get the job". Some letters do go on for longer about "we had so many great candidates and we wish we could hire them all, blah blah blah" but I wouldn't really say that makes them more polite.
In particular, I certainly would not draw any conclusions about the "healthiness" of the environment from this letter. It might be a good department or a bad one, but this letter doesn't help you to determine which; you'll need to investigate that in other ways. See:
How can I detect a toxic environment while on the interview circuit?
"Warning signs" that candidates should be aware of during an academic job interview
What things can I do as a job market candidate to gauge the internal political culture of a department that is hiring?
answered Dec 15 at 16:13
Nate Eldredge
104k32298398
This seems to me like a normal rejection letter. They normally don't really contain any information except "you didn't get the job". Some letters do go on for longer about "we had so many great candidates and we wish we could hire them all, blah blah blah" but I wouldn't really say that makes them more polite.
In particular, I certainly would not draw any conclusions about the "healthiness" of the environment from this letter. It might be a good department or a bad one, but this letter doesn't help you to determine which; you'll need to investigate that in other ways. See:
How can I detect a toxic environment while on the interview circuit?
"Warning signs" that candidates should be aware of during an academic job interview
What things can I do as a job market candidate to gauge the internal political culture of a department that is hiring?
answered Dec 15 at 16:13
Nate Eldredge
104k32298398
answered Dec 15 at 16:13
Nate Eldredge
104k32298398
answered Dec 15 at 16:13
Nate Eldredge
104k32298398
answered Dec 15 at 16:13
Nate Eldredge
104k32298398
104k32298398
1
I clicked +1 for the gist of your answer even though I think that it would be preferable for writers of rejection letters to have enough eloquence to write something like "we are sorry, but your application doesn't meet our need at the moment" followed by an indication about whether this is likely to change or whether they don't hire your profile at all. Instead, "your application doesn't fit our need", almost implies that it was an imposition to have implied at all. As Nate writes, though, this is no good metric for how the department treats instructors they DID hire.
– chryss
Dec 15 at 19:57
Thank you so much, everyone, for taking the time and responding. I have received rejection letters before, but this one irritated me. OK, I'll move on! :) Thanks, Nate, for sharing those links.
– Kar Masia
Dec 16 at 6:59
@chryss As far as I understand, at least in the United States people are very hesitant to put anything in a rejection letter that could be the basis of legal recourse against the rejection, which goes a long way to explain their uselessness for the applicant.
– sgf
2 days ago
add a comment |
1
I clicked +1 for the gist of your answer even though I think that it would be preferable for writers of rejection letters to have enough eloquence to write something like "we are sorry, but your application doesn't meet our need at the moment" followed by an indication about whether this is likely to change or whether they don't hire your profile at all. Instead, "your application doesn't fit our need", almost implies that it was an imposition to have implied at all. As Nate writes, though, this is no good metric for how the department treats instructors they DID hire.
– chryss
Dec 15 at 19:57
Thank you so much, everyone, for taking the time and responding. I have received rejection letters before, but this one irritated me. OK, I'll move on! :) Thanks, Nate, for sharing those links.
– Kar Masia
Dec 16 at 6:59
@chryss As far as I understand, at least in the United States people are very hesitant to put anything in a rejection letter that could be the basis of legal recourse against the rejection, which goes a long way to explain their uselessness for the applicant.
– sgf
2 days ago
1
1
I clicked +1 for the gist of your answer even though I think that it would be preferable for writers of rejection letters to have enough eloquence to write something like "we are sorry, but your application doesn't meet our need at the moment" followed by an indication about whether this is likely to change or whether they don't hire your profile at all. Instead, "your application doesn't fit our need", almost implies that it was an imposition to have implied at all. As Nate writes, though, this is no good metric for how the department treats instructors they DID hire.
– chryss
Dec 15 at 19:57
I clicked +1 for the gist of your answer even though I think that it would be preferable for writers of rejection letters to have enough eloquence to write something like "we are sorry, but your application doesn't meet our need at the moment" followed by an indication about whether this is likely to change or whether they don't hire your profile at all. Instead, "your application doesn't fit our need", almost implies that it was an imposition to have implied at all. As Nate writes, though, this is no good metric for how the department treats instructors they DID hire.
– chryss
Dec 15 at 19:57
Thank you so much, everyone, for taking the time and responding. I have received rejection letters before, but this one irritated me. OK, I'll move on! :) Thanks, Nate, for sharing those links.
– Kar Masia
Dec 16 at 6:59
Thank you so much, everyone, for taking the time and responding. I have received rejection letters before, but this one irritated me. OK, I'll move on! :) Thanks, Nate, for sharing those links.
– Kar Masia
Dec 16 at 6:59
@chryss As far as I understand, at least in the United States people are very hesitant to put anything in a rejection letter that could be the basis of legal recourse against the rejection, which goes a long way to explain their uselessness for the applicant.
– sgf
2 days ago
@chryss As far as I understand, at least in the United States people are very hesitant to put anything in a rejection letter that could be the basis of legal recourse against the rejection, which goes a long way to explain their uselessness for the applicant.
– sgf
2 days ago
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All rejections hurt. No, it's not rude; it's just straightforward.
– JeffE
Dec 15 at 16:05
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At least you got a response!
– Thomas
Dec 15 at 17:47
1
"We would lie to inform you that you have not been successful this time, but we have kept your resume on file."...
– Solar Mike
Dec 15 at 18:14
@SolarMike: Is "lie" for "like" an intentional typo?
– ruakh
Dec 16 at 2:58
@ruakh was a typo ...
– Solar Mike
Dec 16 at 5:56