Paging All Recruitment Officers!

I recently applied for this job:

 

MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL
Recruitment Consultant
JPY 6.0M - 10.0M/Year, Minato-Ku, Tokyo
https://jobs.gaijinpot.com/index/view/job_id/32465

 

And then I received this e-rejection:

 

Many thanks for your email and resume. You have an interesting range of skills and experience, which may be applicable to recruitment consulting, however unfortunately at this time we have received a number of applications from candidates whose backgrounds more closely match our requirements, for example prior fee earning experience in a recruitment consultancy, or direct sales in an industry that we recruit into.

Therefore I regret I will not be inviting you for an interview on this occasion. But I do wish you all the best with your job search, and thank you for your interest in Michael Page.

Richard King

 

Since most businesses these days have a disclaimer on their career section that basically says, "if we're not interested in you we sure as hell aren't going to waste our time telling you so!" it was a breath of fresh air to get this rejection letter (very very rare these days).

 

I was in fact so impressed, that even though there was no return email address to write to (the email came from noreply@gaijinpot.com), I went to their website, found an address and replied. This is how I responded:

 

Dear Mr. King,

 

Thank you very much for your email. It is very professional, very much appreciated and EXTREMELY RARE in this day and age. Most offerings specifically state that "only applicants of interest will be contacted". To date I have submitted approximately 50 CVs around the world, and YOURS is the only reply I have received.

 

I am very impressed by this.

 

Congratulations on a job well done and I hope you find the best fit for this most interesting position.

 

I am sorry I did not meet your specifications. But that's life, yes?

 

Regards,

 

Cameron Switzer

 

In this day and age everyone seems to feel they have no time, no time, no time!!! And thus all of the stuff that requires a human touch has gone human-free. Another reason is to cut costs because all companies are feeling the shareholder pressure to cut their costs, and therefore make their business "appear" healthier on the stock exchange, thus raising the share value, and making the shareholders wealthier. It's not a good thing to do. When it comes to the human element of business, be it selling a product or service, MORE time and money should be spent investing in the customer rather than less. After all, if you don't have a client, how can you have a business, right? With competition getting more and more fierce, one would think that the good companies "get this" and don't succumb to the business-damaging greedy needs of the "short term gain" stock holders.

 

So I just thought I'd let you know. Nobody is interested in me yet, though.

 

I love you!

 

Cam