I had applied for a teaching position and the vibes were fantastic, it would have been part time but it was like a dream come true job. I love teaching people who want to learn. But as faith has it this is what happened.
Thank you, first, for you patience while we met with the different candidates and mulled over the skills and qualifications to best suit the needs of the program.
We had it narrowed down to you and one other candidate as you both posses such strong qualities. We have decided to extend the position to the other candidate mostly because of his experience working with teens in that specific community and in a school district.
I want you to know that this wasn't an easy decision because of your extensive technological experience, your pleasant demeanor and excellent references. But ultimately we had to take into consideration the classroom environment for this particular program, and go from there.
I believe we told you that we are expanding and will be adding more new programs most likely within the year. Each program and each location has its own set of characteristics that affect our hiring. It is for this reason, that I would like to ask your permission to contact you again when we have a new position open up and see if it's something you would be interested in at that time. I think you have a lot to offer a program and the youth and I believe we will have a program that can work for you.
It's your call, of course.
Please know how much we appreciate your time and experience.
Thank you Shawn.
I wish you all the best.
Sincerely,
Ginny
Follow up letter:
It was so close and required a lot of back and forth discussion.
I really appreciate your energy and what you have to offer and can see a time where you will be more in line with a particular program.
Thank you for allowing me to call you as things progress.
Have a nice day.
Sincerely,
Ginny
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Actually, compared with some of the responses I've been given in the past, that letter sounded very promising. Unless there's more to the story than I'm aware of, I'd just keep my fingers crossed.
If you're on good enough terms with the author of the letter, perhaps you could ask her to keep an ear out for temporary or part-time positions until something in their programs opens up? In any case, keep your chin up, and keep looking.
I've been shot down by prospective employers before, but never that nicely... there may still be hope :)
It's no consolation, but that is an amazingly upbeat rejection letter. No one asks for permission to call you about new openings. It sounds like they had a tough time saying no to you.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
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