So I received a letter from the last company I had interviewed for. Of course it wasn’t good news. I only read the last paragraph which said “Thank you for applying and good luck in your future job search.” I tore up the letter and dumped it in the trash. I had interviewed with this company three times for different positions and I thought that the third time’s the charm! Puh! Rejection hurts, any kind but I think an employment rejection hurts more than a relationship one!
I tried not to think about by applying to other jobs. But I as I was sending off another resume, I read an online article of a young woman in the UK killed herself after sending off 200 resumes (see http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267953/Job-seeker-Vicky-Harrison-commits-suicide-rejected-200-jobs.html), getting rejected every time.
That did it. I broke down and cried. It has been close to 2 years that I have been out of work and I am afraid that what happened to that girl would happen to me. I am a good person and can prove more than what my resume states but yet, yet I am turned down. The questions I’ve always asked myself were “What am I doing wrong?” “What could I have done differently?” “How can I improve in the future?” I had no clue on why I was rejected (I arrived on the interview site on time, maintained eye contact throughout, turned off my cellphone). Sigh.
Suicide is a last resort, I think. That girl had to have been the most desperate person to have done such a thing. I have more inner strength and determination to not go that route. Rest in peace
theunemployedgal 