Rejected, despite being vouched for.
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I'll try and keep this short. I won't be giving the name of the company for fear that this might be used against me.
My GF's brother in law (BiL) kindly vouched for my at the lab he works in. He has worked there for almost 10 years and hasnt vouched anyone until me.
You can imagine how chuffed and grateful I was/am.
A few months back I had a video call with the HR to discuss possible job opportunities. She and I went through my CV. She recommended some modifications, I altered my CV following her suggestions and she mentioned a particular job that would correspond to my CV.
Last week I applied for the job.
Bear in mind that my brother-in-law's superiors were 1) aware I had applied, 2) that BiL has vouched for me and 3) that BiL superiors had explicitly asked HR to hold onto my CV.
She did nothing of the sort. For some reason she didn't hold onto my CV for her superiors, and apparently she didn't even read the CV at all... No explanation, just an email saying that the job application had closed. An email I probably would never had received had I not sent a polite and professional email asking for news.
I don't know what happened and I certainly don't think there's anything I can do.
BiL is going to talk to his superiors about what had happened, but I think it's done for.
Sorry for the length. I would really like to hear your thoughts.
My GF's brother in law (BiL) kindly vouched for my at the lab he works in. He has worked there for almost 10 years and hasnt vouched anyone until me.
You can imagine how chuffed and grateful I was/am.
A few months back I had a video call with the HR to discuss possible job opportunities. She and I went through my CV. She recommended some modifications, I altered my CV following her suggestions and she mentioned a particular job that would correspond to my CV.
Last week I applied for the job.
Bear in mind that my brother-in-law's superiors were 1) aware I had applied, 2) that BiL has vouched for me and 3) that BiL superiors had explicitly asked HR to hold onto my CV.
She did nothing of the sort. For some reason she didn't hold onto my CV for her superiors, and apparently she didn't even read the CV at all... No explanation, just an email saying that the job application had closed. An email I probably would never had received had I not sent a polite and professional email asking for news.
I don't know what happened and I certainly don't think there's anything I can do.
BiL is going to talk to his superiors about what had happened, but I think it's done for.
Sorry for the length. I would really like to hear your thoughts.
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by BarbuI'll try and keep this short. I won't be giving the name of the company for fear that this might be used against me.
My GF's brother in law (BiL) kindly vouched for my at the lab he works in. He has worked there for almost 10 years and hasnt vouched anyone until me.
You can imagine how chuffed and grateful I was/am.
A few months back I had a video call with the HR to discuss possible job opportunities. She and I went through my CV. She recommended some modifications, I altered my CV following her suggestions and she mentioned a particular job that would correspond to my CV.
Last week I applied for the job.
Bear in mind that my brother-in-law's superiors were 1) aware I had applied, 2) that BiL has vouched for me and 3) that BiL superiors had explicitly asked HR to hold onto my CV.
She did nothing of the sort. For some reason she didn't hold onto my CV for her superiors, and apparently she didn't even read the CV at all... No explanation, just an email saying that the job application had closed. An email I probably would never had received had I not sent a polite and professional email asking for news.
I don't know what happened and I certainly don't think there's anything I can do.
BiL is going to talk to his superiors about what had happened, but I think it's done for.
Sorry for the length. I would really like to hear your thoughts.
My GF's brother in law (BiL) kindly vouched for my at the lab he works in. He has worked there for almost 10 years and hasnt vouched anyone until me.
You can imagine how chuffed and grateful I was/am.
A few months back I had a video call with the HR to discuss possible job opportunities. She and I went through my CV. She recommended some modifications, I altered my CV following her suggestions and she mentioned a particular job that would correspond to my CV.
Last week I applied for the job.
Bear in mind that my brother-in-law's superiors were 1) aware I had applied, 2) that BiL has vouched for me and 3) that BiL superiors had explicitly asked HR to hold onto my CV.
She did nothing of the sort. For some reason she didn't hold onto my CV for her superiors, and apparently she didn't even read the CV at all... No explanation, just an email saying that the job application had closed. An email I probably would never had received had I not sent a polite and professional email asking for news.
I don't know what happened and I certainly don't think there's anything I can do.
BiL is going to talk to his superiors about what had happened, but I think it's done for.
Sorry for the length. I would really like to hear your thoughts.
See what the brother in law finds out when he speaks to his superiors.
It may be that there has been a **** up, and X person didnt hold onto your CV when they should have done. It might end up being that there were better people for the job. Or there may be another reason.
When the brother in law has spoken to his superiors, he should know more.
Reply 2
Original post
by BarbuI'll try and keep this short. I won't be giving the name of the company for fear that this might be used against me.
My GF's brother in law (BiL) kindly vouched for my at the lab he works in. He has worked there for almost 10 years and hasnt vouched anyone until me.
You can imagine how chuffed and grateful I was/am.
A few months back I had a video call with the HR to discuss possible job opportunities. She and I went through my CV. She recommended some modifications, I altered my CV following her suggestions and she mentioned a particular job that would correspond to my CV.
Last week I applied for the job.
Bear in mind that my brother-in-law's superiors were 1) aware I had applied, 2) that BiL has vouched for me and 3) that BiL superiors had explicitly asked HR to hold onto my CV.
She did nothing of the sort. For some reason she didn't hold onto my CV for her superiors, and apparently she didn't even read the CV at all... No explanation, just an email saying that the job application had closed. An email I probably would never had received had I not sent a polite and professional email asking for news.
I don't know what happened and I certainly don't think there's anything I can do.
BiL is going to talk to his superiors about what had happened, but I think it's done for.
Sorry for the length. I would really like to hear your thoughts.
My GF's brother in law (BiL) kindly vouched for my at the lab he works in. He has worked there for almost 10 years and hasnt vouched anyone until me.
You can imagine how chuffed and grateful I was/am.
A few months back I had a video call with the HR to discuss possible job opportunities. She and I went through my CV. She recommended some modifications, I altered my CV following her suggestions and she mentioned a particular job that would correspond to my CV.
Last week I applied for the job.
Bear in mind that my brother-in-law's superiors were 1) aware I had applied, 2) that BiL has vouched for me and 3) that BiL superiors had explicitly asked HR to hold onto my CV.
She did nothing of the sort. For some reason she didn't hold onto my CV for her superiors, and apparently she didn't even read the CV at all... No explanation, just an email saying that the job application had closed. An email I probably would never had received had I not sent a polite and professional email asking for news.
I don't know what happened and I certainly don't think there's anything I can do.
BiL is going to talk to his superiors about what had happened, but I think it's done for.
Sorry for the length. I would really like to hear your thoughts.
I'm gonna be brutally honest either someone messed up and there is nothing you can do because someone else has already got the job or they did look at you as a candidate but found someone better and there is nothing you can do. Either way there is not much you can do. The title of the post seems a bit entitled (just from the title). just because you got vouched for by a family member doesnt mean you are the best candidate and doesn't mean you should automatically get the job. You would hope it would be a meritocracy no... ?
Reply 3
I’m sorry to say but whilst you may have someone speak up for you and have you stand on a pedestal, at times there are just people who outperform others on the day.
I have had times where I’ve been told I was the highest scoring candidate in the interview, however, I was not accepted for a post because I had not completed my competency (despite not being employed at the hospital in question, so by default meaning I wasn’t as qualified by definition…).
However, there have been times where I have outperformed internal candidates. One such example is where I currently work (approaching my third week on the job), I was told I outperformed two people internally after the same job I have now. Do I feel a little guilty, truth be told yes but if someone’s application outshines another, there isn’t much you can do as they simply have a better application (I also work in a lab but it is in a hospital).
Sorry to say but sometimes, the world is a difficult place as I was rejected for seven different interviews before getting the job I have now and I learned A LOT from my feedback. I would if possible request feedback from the lab you applied to and ask as to where you could improve (if they do so) as in all honesty, if it wasn’t for the feedback I got from a very specific interview, I don’t suspect I would have been successful in my current job’s interview.
The job in question = trainee biomedical scientist
I have had times where I’ve been told I was the highest scoring candidate in the interview, however, I was not accepted for a post because I had not completed my competency (despite not being employed at the hospital in question, so by default meaning I wasn’t as qualified by definition…).
However, there have been times where I have outperformed internal candidates. One such example is where I currently work (approaching my third week on the job), I was told I outperformed two people internally after the same job I have now. Do I feel a little guilty, truth be told yes but if someone’s application outshines another, there isn’t much you can do as they simply have a better application (I also work in a lab but it is in a hospital).
Sorry to say but sometimes, the world is a difficult place as I was rejected for seven different interviews before getting the job I have now and I learned A LOT from my feedback. I would if possible request feedback from the lab you applied to and ask as to where you could improve (if they do so) as in all honesty, if it wasn’t for the feedback I got from a very specific interview, I don’t suspect I would have been successful in my current job’s interview.
The job in question = trainee biomedical scientist
(edited 9 months ago)
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