C J Snarzell
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Morning people
I'm feeling a little frustrated today. In April I submitted an application for trainee conductor with Northern based at Manchester Victoria but dipped the paper sift. I received a standard e-mail from their HR stating I had not been successful and I had to wait six months to re-apply.
Roll forward six months and earlier this month, I applied for the same role again - I believe the trainee conductor post is still advertised. Last night I logged on to my account with Deutsche Bahn and was surprised to see that my recent application has now been marked as 'End of Process'. Northern haven't yet sent me their usual e-mail which is probably on its way at some point.
To say this is very disappointing is an understatement. I started another thread about a separate rejection from a job with Network Rail yesterday, so this has come has a second blow in less than 24 hours.
Back in April, I was a little unfamiliar with what to expect and there was a thread I created at the time in which I felt one of my failings was not providing details of my references. I have since made sure that every application I submit on the Deutsche Bahn site has details of my referees.
I've had family members and a couple of other people view my CV and cover letter to read them from another pair of eyes. A former colleague has stated my cover letter is one of the best she has ever read.
Another frustrating factor is that I cannot get any feedback from Northern or Network Rail to at least find out why I have been rejected. As I have already mentioned previously - I have fifteen years in the police with three years before that working in IT and my people skills and decision making skills are second to none. Unfortunately this doesn't seem enough to cut the mustard not once but at least a handful of times.
Please feel free to offer some support and guidance on here as I do feel at little disorientated by it all and I cannot possibly do anything more than I am already doing to sell myself.
C J
I'm feeling a little frustrated today. In April I submitted an application for trainee conductor with Northern based at Manchester Victoria but dipped the paper sift. I received a standard e-mail from their HR stating I had not been successful and I had to wait six months to re-apply.
Roll forward six months and earlier this month, I applied for the same role again - I believe the trainee conductor post is still advertised. Last night I logged on to my account with Deutsche Bahn and was surprised to see that my recent application has now been marked as 'End of Process'. Northern haven't yet sent me their usual e-mail which is probably on its way at some point.
To say this is very disappointing is an understatement. I started another thread about a separate rejection from a job with Network Rail yesterday, so this has come has a second blow in less than 24 hours.
Back in April, I was a little unfamiliar with what to expect and there was a thread I created at the time in which I felt one of my failings was not providing details of my references. I have since made sure that every application I submit on the Deutsche Bahn site has details of my referees.
I've had family members and a couple of other people view my CV and cover letter to read them from another pair of eyes. A former colleague has stated my cover letter is one of the best she has ever read.
Another frustrating factor is that I cannot get any feedback from Northern or Network Rail to at least find out why I have been rejected. As I have already mentioned previously - I have fifteen years in the police with three years before that working in IT and my people skills and decision making skills are second to none. Unfortunately this doesn't seem enough to cut the mustard not once but at least a handful of times.
Please feel free to offer some support and guidance on here as I do feel at little disorientated by it all and I cannot possibly do anything more than I am already doing to sell myself.
C J