By Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter
There are a million reasons why this could happen. I wore the two most likely and then made recommendations.
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Today’s question is, “What does it mean when a recruiter contacts me a month later to apply for the same position that I was rejected for?”
There’s more!
This person applied for a position with the company, was interviewed, and was transferred to another position in the same department. They didn’t get the job. Now, about a month later, a recruiter at Furry contacted them about a new opening for the same position and said they were still looking Consider me and ask me if I’m interested.
There are several possibilities here, including they extended the job offer, the job offer was accepted (which is why you were denied the position), and the person decided not to start working. They may have accepted a counteroffer from their current employer or a position with another company, but they have not started working. Now, they’re back to candidate No. 2 – you.
This is a very likely scenario as they really don’t want to start the interview from scratch again. They just want to completely fill the position so they don’t have to interview 15 or 20 people. This is a huge waste of time for them. So they’re back to second place.
There is another possibility. There’s another position opening within the department, you did well in the interview, and they’re trying to see if you’re still available. This way, they can start a new interview process with you for the position.
Those are the two most likely, but there are a million other possibilities and they haven’t happened yet.
You can always ask them, “Hey, I got rejected for something similar before and now you’re back. Tell me what happened.”
This isn’t a bad approach because it allows them to be honest with you and you don’t have to guess. Speculation drives our minds wild and we start dreaming up possibilities that may not be accurate.
While I think this is one of the two I mentioned, and they won’t tell you the first one (rejection after accepting an offer. The company doesn’t like to admit it. A person passes up a job offer.), although this is most likely the first, there are other possibilities as to why they came back to you.
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About Big Game Hunter Jeff Altman
Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter is a coach who has been a recruiter for a hundred years. His work involves career coaching, as well as executive job coaching, job coaching, and interview coaching. He is the host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 job search podcast on iTunes with over 2,000 episodes, and is a member of the Forbes Coaches Council.
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