odd little bean

i went ahead and bolded my favorite parts.

Dear Bliss,

Thank you so much for your interest in learning more about the opportunity we posted to become our Marketing Analyst.  We have been absolutely blown away by both the number of applicants that applied for this position and the quality of the responses we received.  I can’t begin to express how delighted we are that so many incredibly talented people are so committed to saving the planet.

We were impressed by your resume and your experience as well as the effort you invested in writing a compelling cover note to highlight your candidacy. However, given that we were overwhelmed with candidates, we were forced to pick just a couple candidates whose education and background seemed to be a perfect fit for our current needs.

We are going to electronically store the resumes and cover letters we receive for approximately 12 months, so it shouldn’t be a complete shock if we contact you a few months from now to see if you are still interested in this or a similar position.

We really do appreciate you taking the time to apply with such a thoughtful note and we wish you the best of luck in finding a great opportunity to help save the world.

I haven’t actually applied to ANY jobs since accepting the job at Pee & Gee, which is how I know for certain that I did not apply to this specific job at Chevron Energy Solutions.  Instead, I wrote them an e-mail asking if the position was still open, thinking that I would forward it onto one of my friends who is looking for work.  It looks like someone at Chevron needs to hone her database filtering skills.