Dear University X

Dear University X,

Words cannot express my admiration for your environmentally conscious decision to eschew printed rejection letters in favor of a single "Dear Candidate" e-mail that you copied to all rejected applicants. Leaving the names and e-mail addresses of all the other 19 candidates visible helped to make me feel like part of a broader community of rejects. What a fun pay-off to the three and a half months of suspense during which you never even acknowledged having received my application in the first place!

Best regards,

Me

I'm glad I found a new job two months ago, or I'd have been feeling really upset and not sarcastic right now.

Men of Mortuaries

Inspired, I suspect, by the daring librarians of Waupaca, a bunch of morticians have put together a "Men of Mortuaries" beefcake calendar to benefit breast cancer patients.

http://www.menofmortuaries.com/

I was kind of hoping they'd all be wearing top hats and leaning on the hoods of hearses, but the calendar appears to depict these hunky shirtless morticians engaged in their favorite non-death related pursuits.

The whole thing is actually far less creepy than that Italian coffin-maker's site that uses Eurotrash bikini models to advertise its products. You may remember this as being a well-known "weird thing on the Web" site a couple of years back. I see the (probably not safe for work) page is still up at:

http://www.cofanifunebri.com/product.htm

It seems only the "Fashion line coffins" get to have bikini models in their photos. I see from the page that this site now also offers a calendar of its coffin girls. I have to say, I think the Waupaca librarians were more appealing. Miss October here looks suspiciously like Ozzy Osbourne.

PS: The rejection counter moved up from 55 to 56 because of me. The University of Illinois at Chicago has apparently decided to close their search without hiring anyone. And it only took them five months to let me know!

Snow White rejection

I wish some of my rejection letters would have come on pretty Disney stationary!

Rejection #20

As of today, the rejection count is officially at 20.

Thanks a lot for the rejection E-MAIL, Texas A&M University Libraries! Guess you didn't want to waste a stamp on me!

The best part was that the subject was "E- elimination 1st screening.doc", and the e-mail consisted solely of an attachment with that name. So I had to open the attachment just to be sure that I was actually being rejected.

unsolicited rejection

Here's a a story in keeping with my current employment status (I think I'm the only one updating the rejection count in our banner): a funny post from Siva Vaidhyanathan's (NYU professor; used to teach at SLIS) blog. He got a rejection letter for a job he didn't even apply for!

A Whole New Level

Remember the job with the creepy questions regarding my happiness? I officially received a rejection letter from them today (despite the fact that I sent a letter withdrawing my application...). It's pretty standard except for the handwritten note at the bottom reaffirming my decision to avoid this library like the plague.

"You did good... We needed someone now. Good luck."


Good?! I did good?!?!?!?! You're the director of a public library! I DID WELL!!!!

my second

I am having a great day!

Subject: Application Status

Thank you for your interest in this position, ____________________. Based on your application information, at this point in the applicant review process you are no longer being considered. Please do not let this discourage you from applying for other positions that interest you.

my first

re: ___________ position

Hello Deborah,

Thank you for applying for the position. We have offered the position to another candidate and they have accepted.

Thank you,
__________________