When I woke up this morning, the very first thing that I thought about was the feeling that I had experienced after being rejected and ghosted for the hundreds of job applications I had sent out over a 3 year span of time. In between that time, I had to take on odd jobs, jobs that don’t pay very much but was enough to get by. I had to look for ways to survive so that I could continue to keep my goal & passion alive. Those that have been following my blog posts for the last few years know this. I had to endure a lot of things that I normally wouldn’t have chosen to do. But when our options are limited, we can’t exactly complain about it.
I’m sure the rejection letter above looks rather familiar, right? For anyone that has been facing countless job application rejections these last few years, you must’ve received one of these at some point.
My point being, I got plenty of these over the last few years. There were even moments where I questioned the point of sending out those job applications if I was only to be rejected and ghosted again and again. So, periodically, I would stop sending out applications. After awhile, I would try again. Looking back today, I’ve come to appreciate them saying no, or for those that ghosted me; I’m glad that things unfolded the way that they did. It is because of those constant rejections and ghosting that I was able to finally land myself where I am today.
Look, I’m not here to say that dealing with rejections or constant ghosting by recruiters is easy. It’s really NOT. In fact, I hate that recruiters and hirers are even doing that in today’s context. It leaves a really bad, and distasteful impression on the recruitment and HR sector.
But here I am now, tell you, “Thank You”; Thank you for rejecting me, for ignoring and ghosting me. It is because of your rejection and those like you that I am finally here today.
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