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Rejection after rejection
All the job rejection e-mails go about the same way.
“There were a lot of highly qualified applicants”
“We are no longer considering you as a candidate”
“Thank you for applying”
It seems so emotionless. They’re automated messages with filler to soften the blow.
At the end of the day, it’s just that I’m not as competitive as other applicants. Maybe I was too honest in my cover letter and application. They asked me if I was qualified, and I told them honestly that I wasn’t, but hoped they would consider me anyway.
I got two notices: one for submitting my application and another for the rejection.
It hurts so much to want something so badly and then have them tell you, “Oh, and by the way, you're not good enough.”
It’s hard not to take it personally, too, especially when you’re trying to put the best version of yourself out there.
My boyfriend says there’s a certain level of deception that’s necessary when you’re applying to positions, but maybe I’m just too naive and think that honesty is still the best way forward.
I’m hurt by these rejections, but I’ll try not to wallow in it. At some point, I have to just suck it up and move on.
Maybe it helps to think that they don’t know what they’re missing out on.
And that I know my own worth.
I think my time will come.
It’s just not today.
