Rejection Letter

This was sent to me when I asked the question on Linkedin regarding rejection letters to send out to candidates that we will not be considering. In the recent weeks there as been some conversation on ERE groups regarding sending rejection letters and closing the gaps with applicants. I agree that applicants that fit the job description should be contacted to close the loop but when people reply to your posting that can not in anyway be considered a candidate they need to get something like this.

This letter is only reserved for those folks at there who don’t take the time to read the job description. Please feel free to make any additions or submit your own letters.

*Note - this letter was sent to me from a Linkedin question regarding rejection letters. I laughed to I feel the need to share


Dear Candidate

Thank you for submitting your resume. Unfortunately, we are unable to consider you for this position.

While not expressly stated in the position description, one of the primary required skills is "reading comprehension". Based on the submission of your resume for this position, we are confident that you may be lacking in this regard. There was no match whatsoever between our requirements and your resume.

We understand that sometimes there are other factors that result in a mismatch between an applicant's skills and a position description. Perhaps your resume was submitted by vandals, or maybe applying for our opening was the only way to extricate yourself from being eaten by wolves. If this is the case, we here at [company] understand.

But we still won't consider you for this position.

We hope you understand, but given your history with us and all the reading involved here, we're pretty sure you won't.

Warm regards,
Director of Unqualified Candidate Rejection