Nonselection of Applicants: Otherwise Unsuitable
Guidelines and Alternate Phrases
Open with a neutral or positive statement, thanking the applicant for his or her interest in your company.
Thank you for the opportunity to review your résumé.
Your application with Wellesey has been routed through various technical departments for consideration by members of our staff. We appreciate your giving us the time to review your experience with our requirements in mind.
Thank you for completing our job application forms.
We appreciate your forwarding your résumé to us for consideration.
We are always pleased to hear from those who have heard favorable reports about our company and seek employment here.
Thank you for your interest in working for Bellview Clinic.
We are always flattered to receive résumés.
Focus on the hiring decision you’ve made, avoiding statements about why the reader was not selected. If you have not selected another candidate, simply state the requirements that you have for the position.
For this position, we have selected a candidate who has the prerequisite six years’ experience with our Model 388T computers.
After careful review of all the résumés we received, we have chosen a candidate who brings exactly the kind of experience and academic credentials we feel this job demands.
We have completed our review of the résumés and have chosen to interview several candidates who have firsthand design experience in their work history.
The candidate we selected has had the management experience we deem to be essential in this demanding position.
With the opportunity to review so many résumés, our choice has been difficult. Nevertheless, we are pleased to say we have hired a candidate with the in-depth academic background we were hoping to find.
With such an overwhelming response to our ad, we have taken far too long to review the résumés of the qualified people interested in this position. After much work, we are pleased to say we have selected an individual whose career achievements in the sales industry have been outstanding.
After a lengthy process of reviewing résumés and interviewing applicants, we have narrowed our consideration to two and will be making a final decision about them within the next few days.
We have now filled the position you referred to in your letter. The individual who accepted the position has the difficult-to-find experience on the equipment we have here at Fairview.
We’ve now made our selection for the position. The candidate we chose has the in-depth experience, the travel flexibility, and the disposition we think this job entails.
We will be reviewing the résumés we received within the next two weeks and plan to schedule interviews with those applicants who have a master’s degree and the prerequisite experience for this position. Should we want to talk with you further, you will receive a call within the next few weeks.
We are continually re-assessing our needs for mailing-list brokers and will certainly keep your past relationship with our company in mind as we hire additional help.
At this time, we have selected candidates for the positions that were advertised and offers are being made to those candidates. Unfortunately, we had many more qualified candidates than positions.
It’s always so difficult to choose from a field of highly motivated applicants who can contribute to the growth of our organization. However, we have finally narrowed our choice among several individuals, to whom we will be making offers shortly.
Wish the applicant well in his or her job search.
Please accept our wish for your success in the industry.
Good luck in your future endeavors.
We wish you success in finding an interesting and challenging position in your field.
We hope you have no difficulty at all in finding a position that interests you.
We want you to know you have our best wishes for success with your career plans.
(Note: See phrasing in previous categories.)
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