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job application 6months rule

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wonderingsoul · 30/03/2014 17:19

i have notied with a lot of companies that once you applied online for a spot that you can not re apply for something else with them for 6 months.

am i the only one who thinks this is really unfair?

iv applied for 3 companies.. didnt get a interveiw, was emailed and told "thank you for your application good luck etc etc, we will no longer keep your details on record etc"

so when another spot has opened up iv applied and becasue iv applied to them in the 6 months and becasue they didnt choose me that time they can not accept my application?

it just seems silly and really unfair. 100's are going for the same job so of course not every one is going to even get an interveiw but this to me just says.. your just not good enough at all for us, so we are not even going to condiser you. the only reason for it tha ti can see is to limit the amount of people going for it? i think they are being vub

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wonderingsoul · 30/03/2014 17:35

the first rejection email says my details wont be kept for further applications.. at least with one of the companies i applied to.

though if that is true... say they short list me in 3 months after my 1st application and call me ... but i turn the job down because iv all ready found one.. but would have taken the job 2 months when another spot opened up, had i been allowed to apply. its just seems really really unfair and makes finding a job so much harder. if that makes sence?

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AreYouFeelingLucky · 30/03/2014 17:29

It's because they use automated systems that will, in theory, check through all of the rejected applications from the past six months and identify any who match the requirements and therefore should be shortlisted. So you shouldn't need to apply again, but you've essentially already been checked against the job.

That's the theory, at least.

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wonderingsoul · 30/03/2014 17:24

yess asda was one of them. they acepted my second application for a different job there and than emailed me a couple days latter saying they couldnt take it any further due to the 6 months rule..

jobs are hard enough to find with out having to wait 6 months to re-apply to be a bloody till opperartor.
gah!

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LineRunner · 30/03/2014 17:21

A friend just experienced this with Asda. She applied for a till job she saw online. Then she was emailed saying she couldn't apply for any other job at Asda for 6 months.

How on earth are people meant to get jobs if they are prevented from applying?