Anyone good at wording letters ........ please help me (-:

[mosschops30]

Following on from my other thread

I am going to write to the ward manager who interviewed me.
But where do i start?? My personal circumstances havent changed, the reason why I took this job Im in is because I thought the hours would be better (theyre not), its closer to home (but not by much) and I knew a lot of the staff there as had worked there previously. Basically I took the easy option to get out of a dreadful job and that one was offered first. I made a hasty decison which turned out to be the wrong one.

Any help or advice in wording a letter would be great thanks

I'd write and ask if you could be notified of any due advertisements for posts that are available but it is against equal opportunities I think to target specific people when advertising positions so the best you could hope for was to be alerted to an advertisement that was due.

If you are going to write and request this I'd make little mention of the reasons why you turned down their post and are now unhappy with the choice.

The most I'd say is something along the lines of 'due to a change of circumstnces I would now be in a better position to accept a post similar to the one you offered me in February and would appreciate it if you could let me know if any such posts are due to be advertised'. Even then, you run the risk of lookign as though you made an ill conosidered application in the first place.

It costs a lot to advertise and recruit so for them to have you turn down the offer could have been costly unless they had an equally good second choice lined up followng interview.

there were 6 posts going when I applied, they interviewed over 2 days so assume there were enough candidates, although I know at previous advertisement they emplyed no-one as none of the candidates were suitable.

AFAIK all NHS posts are advertised on one main NHS UK site so no specific advertising costs in papers etc

What worries me about saying 'change in circumstances' is that there hasnt actually been a change in circumstances

bump, anyone?

If posts would always be advertised regardless, I'm not sure what would be gained by writing at this time, tbh? If there was a post at the moment it would be advertised, so all they can do, (assuming they have time and remember when it comes to it), is write to you and let you know as and when a post is going to be advertised, which you would see anyway.

Personally I wouldn't bother, I'd just keep monitoring it and then as and when a post comes up, apply, and if it's quite soon and you want to include a letter or write directly to the ward sister at that point, then do it then.

but what if they didnt fill all 6 posts (as they didnt previously) and still have vacancies that theyre not filling. Or someone they appointed has decided its not for them etc, then Im missing an opportunity no?

They will readvertise them!

As hobbgoblin says if they haven't filled all available posts, or someone else has withdrawn, and they feel they can't manage without, they will readvertise.

I don't think they are going to base a decision to appoint someone new based on whether someone who applied for an earlier post writes in.

I would imagine that they will decide whether they need to/want to/can afford to recruit someone, and will advertise (without cost, as you say) if they do.

By the way mosschops, if you do still want to write I'm happy to offer my limited skills to your letter