Still no luck with full-time job

[a_cubed]

On 1st May, I applied for a post at Temple University Japan (a US university with a major Tokyo campus). I can't recall the deadline for submission, if indeed it had one since the job advert is still posted but has no deadline on it. Anyway, today three and a half months later I got a rejection letter(email) from them. Nicely worded, but still a rejection letter. At least they had the courtesy to send a rejection email, which so many places don't do. They claim it's because they get so many applications, but the cost of sending a rejection email to all unsuccessful applicants is so small if you set it up properly, that it's just laziness on their behalf, really.

So, the search goes on. There's a position at Tokyo Tech (soon to become Tokyo Institute of Science) and possibly one at Hosei University. Tokyo Tech is definite, I just have to get to it. Hosei is slightly annoying. They mention business strategy in the advert but when I asked if that was a complete requirement I got a "we can't help anyone individually" reply. Sigh. So, annoying though they are, I need a job and it's a decent university so I need to keep applying.

Comments

[vivdunstan]

Sorry to hear that. Wishing you all the best.

[a_cubed]

Thanks. I've learned I have to treat job applications as "fire and forget". Send them off then assume I won't hear anything back, ever, and move on to the next application. Anything else is a recipe for just making myself depressed. If, and only if, I get asked to come for an interview, would be the time to think again about that institution/position.

[vivdunstan]

Good strategy! All the best.