Posted by
Doctor Demex on Monday, February 05, 2007 4:54:20 PM
More and more applicants for advertised job openings these days seem to be receiving rejection letters telling them that after "careful consideration" of their qualifications "we cannot hire you at this time." Cannot? That must be a lie. A job is obviously open, or the employer would not have advertised it and the applicant would not have applied for it. The potential employer 's saying that he cannot hire the applicant implies that he is physically unable to do so or that the laws of God and man otherwise forbid him from hiring the applicant. Of course, the right response is that the employer simply does not WANT to hire the application for whatever reason. It is probably safe to assume that there are reasonable grounds for the rejection. What doesn't the employer say so? Does he fear lawsuits from applicants whose feelings are hurt? Whenever an employer says that he cannot, he is deflecting blame from himself and onto some nameless, faceless decision-maker. He is creating the impression that it's not his fault that he rejected the applicant, so there's no reason for the applicant to direct any hostility toward the potential hiring officer or his company. It's a coward's way out, but the trial lawyers of America have made great progress in making cowards of us all.