Earth, please swallow me.
I got rejected for a job…in the worst possible manner…without a reply to my email, without explaining WHY I am not the right person for the job. The person who was supposed to hire me didn’t even look at what I can do as a web designer, he acted as if he has no idea what kind of applications I can maintain and what experience I have…and he rejected me ON A PUBLIC MESSAGE BOARD! He didn’t bother to send me a reply to my email, where I analysed the state of the current website to details, where I said what could be done and he acted as if a 3-year-old wanted to help out…not a serious grown up person.
I want do die of sadness now 
:( Seriously. Some a$$hole who already has enough money *(and probably designs shitty, 1996-styled websites) will get that job instead of me and do it worse than I would’ve done it…without love, without interest in the subject of the website and not half as good.
My last chance would be that choir and that wonderful language/IT school accepting me to work for them. Otherwise, I think I might as well sign up to be a cleaning lady. A designer loves to do new things, loves to explore and even though my primary job at the moment is reorganising pages of books and making them ready to be converted into programs, I prefer to design.
10/08/2006 at 11:44 pm
Boo at crap HR guy — I place a curse upon his head, and may foul-smelling funghi grow rapidly behind his ears at an awkward moment.
I’m sorry about the rejection, and I sympathize with you: but chin up, I’m sure it’ll get better *pat pat*
Much love from ‘Sconsin.
10/09/2006 at 12:42 am
What a mean, stupid and even childish way to reject someone. That must truly have been a person not knowing what’s it all about.
I have to admit that Dhany said it even better …
10/09/2006 at 7:37 am
That is such a bad way to tell someone you don’t want them to do work for you. As a fellow designer, I can totally see why you feel the way you do.
10/09/2006 at 11:23 am
That was really stupid and mean of him to do. Cheer up a bit and home of the best ^^ life’s not over.
10/09/2006 at 7:42 pm
Aw.. Don’t be so sad about it, it’s just a job. & judging on the way the guy told you you weren’t a candidate for it, you probably wouldn’t want to work for him anyway!
10/09/2006 at 10:35 pm
Hi Iva,
Thanks for the List Subpages files.
As for the job rejection, chin up… it’s just a job. I know how you feel… I’ve been rejected in my last 3 interviews, but something cool came up recently. I was feeling bummed and sorry for myself for a while until I realized that maybe, that ‘chip on my shoulder’ was beginning to show. Something always comes along your way… as long as you don’t ever give up and really have passion for what you do. Someone, some company out there will see that. It’s true what the previous poster before me said… they rejected you in a pretty shitty way. You probably wouldn’t want to work for someone who responds in such a shitty, unprofessional way.
Take care and good luck. Don’t give up.
fruityoaty
10/10/2006 at 12:28 am
ARG, I guess be happy that the dude didn’t hire you since his behavior towards you probably represents how he treats his clients and co-workers… & who wants to deal with immaturity like that? The gall of him to treat a possible employee like that makes me wonder how he even still has people working for him much less clients to keep the damn business running. I hope that something better comes along for you soon =)
10/10/2006 at 2:33 am
Hugz. Rejections are mean and hurtful at times but do not be despair not give up. It took me 9 long months to get a full-time job. You have to persevere!!
10/10/2006 at 2:59 am
I can understand him making an uninformed decision concerning a webdesigner since he’s outsourcing to one and thus doesn’t know much about webdesign at all, but the way he did it just screams hillbilly. No class at all.
As for the language school, I have no doubt you’ll get the job. I mean, you’re an excellent designer, and I’m not sure why someone would say no to you in the first place (unless, of course, the person in question is a classless hillbilly), so just keep trying–you’ll get that one perfect customer in no time. ^_^.
10/10/2006 at 10:25 pm
I know exactly how you feel. It hurts to be rejected, especially in that way. It was really horrible for him to reject you on a message board.
Last Monday I went for an interview for a job in another department in the company where I work, and I received a rejection letter today. I am happy in my current job, but I applied for this new job because I am concerned about the re-structure that’s still going on in my current department. But at least it does say on my rejection letter that I am allowed to write to the HR adviser to get feedback on how I performed in the interview. I find interviews very difficult, even though I spend a lot of time preparing.
10/11/2006 at 11:09 am
I’m all for funghi growing on him too. What a knob. Honestly, if a candidate spends time to apply for a job, the least he/she could expect is some civil manors. Like for instance notifying the candidate personally that he/she hasn’t got the job. This dude? he doesn’t know what he missed when he ditched you.
I surely hope the other jobs work out fine. Get your tail up, love
ps. it’s not “just a job”. It’s a job that would’ve paid seriously needed cash. So I think you’re entitled to some moping and feeling bad. There.
10/13/2006 at 1:32 am
I went to the concert in Denver, August 18th. It was amazing. Fru sang “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?” (which I’m trying to find a clip of, I read your blog entry about it a couple of entries down). They were just so amazing, I could die. It was like a dream. But anyway, when you go to see them in December, share with me, okay?
I might come back here often, because because.
That guy who rejected you on a public forum, without even bothering to explain why, seriously needs to work on his professional skills. That isn’t professional or polite to dismiss you like that in public without even giving you a single thought. Therefore, he deserves to lose you. I’ve seen this site’s design and IM’s design, and they’re pretty spiffy.
So like Rika said, fungus on his head, grow, grow, grow!
10/13/2006 at 5:04 am
While it’s understandable that you won’t get every job you go out for, the way this person rejected you was just immature and retarded. They deserve to get a poor design from a not-so-talented person. You deserve better and I hope you find it.
10/13/2006 at 5:58 am
LOL. Yeah, that’s how I am. I state the obvious. I suppose somebody has to do it!
I agree. Rejection letters seem more humane than rejecting you on some message board! But there are companies which dont return word to you at all! So atleast you can now put this behind you and move on, instead of still waiting in anticipation for news that will never come.
So. squirrelism.net. Sounds…interesting
10/13/2006 at 2:31 pm
Sounds to me like this is a guy you wouldn’t want to work for anyway, Iva. *hugs* I know a bit about being turned down, after having applied for work for quite a while before I landed my awesome current position. My only advice would be to spend as much time as possible analyzing and re-designing others’ sites for the practice of it - keeping your focus on usability, accessibility and cross-browser compatibility, I am fairly confident that this will be important issues of the future. Good luck, and chin up!