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Wondering how you all handle a situation. - sm
Posted: Aug 30, 2014
I sent my resume cold to this place and got quite a rude response. How do you all handle when you get a rude response? I was courteous in my reply, but it just kinda went all through me that she was so rude.
Ignore it and move on. Maybe her dog just died, putting her - in a rotten mood. Ya never know. nm
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When my dog died, I was still nice to people. - nm5
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Then you are a better person than the OP had to deal - with.Everyone is different. nm
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I always ask myself - it this the lack of self control I want - to work for? It passes quickly. NM
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Some People Are Just Rude - see msg
[ In Reply To ..]Some people are just rude. Maybe she didn't feel your resume was showing a professional quality, in her mind. Maybe she had gotten slammed with MT wannabe's that day who had no clue, and she decided you were one of them.
Hard to know, but usually, unless someone knows you personally, you can't take it personally.
There is no excuse for unprofessionalism. she would not - address a client in that manner, yet she
[ In Reply To ..]consciously CHOSE to speak to you that way. People in the world need to get a handle on appropriate behavior and save the personal whatever crap for the right time, place, and person, and learn how to filter.
It's a disservice to women in a position of power everywhere and belittles our sector of this game.
Nobody in business cares if the dam* dog died, you speak decently as one human being to another or shut the trap door in my opinion. I've been broken down by that type of abusive person and guess what? They were not worth it.
so - I'd ignore it...and gladly walk away.
I'd send her a response calling her out - sm - Anon
[ In Reply To ..]on her rudeness, but that's just me. I'd thank her for her response and tell her I didn't appreciate her unnecessary rudeness. What difference does it make at this point? She doesn't want to hire you, and you wouldn't want to work for her at this point.
What did you find rude in her response? - Wondering
[ In Reply To ..]What about her response was rude? I think you can share it without naming the company, since you won't be getting a job there, anyway.
It is very easy to see "rudeness" in emails, even if none was intended. If you were expecting a job offer on the spot, a response of "we do not accept unsolicited applications" might sound rude to you.
She might have thought you were unprofessional and inappropriate in the way you sent an unsolicited application, too. She is probably innundated with unsolicited applications, which take time and incur costs to answer. Think about it from her perspective. Many companies would not have replied at all, and you would be complaining about that.
Rude people - Anon
[ In Reply To ..]My âsecond momâ who is a retired realtor once told me that when she came across a rude person she would just think to herself âmaybe he/she has hemorrhoids.â That just makes me laugh every time I think of it as hard as I laughed the first time she said it to me. Maybe I just have a twisted sense of humor?
I would want to see what she said before interpreting it as rude. - nm
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rude - kt16
[ In Reply To ..]rude or not, always take the high road.
Thanks everyone for the responses. I passed - sm
[ In Reply To ..]on communicating with her further. She was supposedly "correcting mistakes" on my resume....to her the spacing was off and I did not answer the questions the ad told people to answer when sending a resume. I told her I sent my resume "cold" and did not even know there was an ad. As for the spacing, I said there must be a glitch because from this end, the spacing was fine. She then started on the details of my resume, which is when I stopped responding to her. I definitely do NOT want to work for someone like that!!!!
Wish you had said that to begin with ... - SM
[ In Reply To ..]Wish you had explained that to begin with! That type of response is not exactly "rude." Rude is correcting the errors in a wedding invitation.
What she did was to help you understand why she could not hire you, explaining what appeared to her to be (1) noncompliance with the application instructions and (2) errors on your resume.
Any time you apply "cold," you need to consider that the company might have an ad and instructions. You should look for it, because applying the way they prefer is better than applying in a way that annoys them.
Hearing about "errors" on your resume should be a learning opportunity for you. It is a wake-up call. If the spacing is off on her end, you did something wrong. Figure out how to do your resume so that it appears normal after you email it. Others do not necessarily use the same software you do.
If she found errors, you can bet others will find them, too. If all you can do is focus on your opinion that she was rude to point them out, your opportunities for employment will be reduced.
I see so many MTs and coders here complaining that no one will hire them, and they probably have no idea that it is their resume or not following instructions.
We all think that what we do is correct. Others might not agree. If you are looking for a job, it pays to do things the way employers want to see them.
What in the world does it matter? I guess I should have known - sm
[ In Reply To ..]better than to expect kindness and courtesy. YOU ARE RUDE TOO!!
She was giving you feedback - see msg
[ In Reply To ..]The woman was giving you constructive feedback. I didn't read all the notes here, but if you asked for feedback, you got it. If you didn't, she gave it anyway.
I would not call that rude. In fact, most places won't even tell you what you did incorrectly, they just ignore you. I think she did you a favor, actually.
So, put your big girl pants on, learn from what she said, and carry on! Easier said than done.
Best of luck.
FYI: Being rude to an applicant is NOT - "constructive feedback."
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You said *I* was rude above ... she said - I was not
[ In Reply To ..]That had nothing to do with the owner of the company. She was saying that I was offering the feedback you asked for.
I can't see what was so rude in my response, and I suspect you can't say what it is, either.
Whatever. Believe what you want, then. - Have a nice day.
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