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Guidelines : No Opening

Nonselection of Applicants: No Opening

Guidelines and Alternate Phrases

• Thank the applicant for his or her interest in the position. If you have reviewed the résumé, you may want to comment on the applicant’s experience, skills, or achievements.
• Thank you for allowing us to review your résumé. We were most impressed with your academic achievements–you must be very pleased.
• Thank you for taking the time to send us your résumé.
• We appreciate your interest in investigating job possibilities at Revmore.
• We read your résumé with interest; your experience is impressive.
• We are always pleased to receive résumés such as yours that show so much rich experience in the oil industry.
• Thank you for the opportunity to read your résumé and evaluate your credentials. Your work history seems impressive and widespread in the industry.
• From reviewing your résumé, we see you have had an excellent employment history. Thank you for letting us know of your interest in working for Babcox.
• Thank you for your letter and your résumé detailing your work history and credentials.
• We appreciate your letting us know of your availability for employment at Wilmax Associates.
• We appreciate your time in preparing such a comprehensive résumé for our review at Futuro Services.
• State you have no job opening at the present time. If you plan to keep the résumé on file or refer the applicant to someone else, say so. You will also build goodwill by suggesting another company or contact as a possible employer or source of leads.
• We have no positions that match your qualifications. We will keep your application on file for six months should another position we think will be more appropriate for your experience come open.
• We, unfortunately, have no openings. With your permission, however, I’d like to pass along your letter and résumé to our headquarters office just in case they have an opening of which I’m unaware. If so, they’ll contact you directly.
• We regret we have no openings at the present time. May we keep your résumé on file for the future?
• Occasionally we have unanticipated openings that might be appropriate for your skills. Should that be the case, we will pass your résumé along to others in the organization who might want to talk with you further.
• We will keep your résumé in our active file for one year. If we have openings within that time frame, you can be assured we will again review the information you sent.
• Although we have no openings in the sales area, we suggest you contact our Minneapolis office to see what their needs are there.
• Unfortunately, we have nothing available at the moment. In case an opening does materialize, I’ll have my office contact you immediately to talk further.
• We have no vacancies in line with your qualifications and expectations; however, we suggest you may want to consider nonprofit organizations in the area.
• Although we have no needs in the areas you mention, please feel free to write each of our district offices about their employment plans.
• Although we don’t foresee any vacancies for which your skills would be appropriate, we do encourage you to keep looking in this industry. The needs of some of our fellow service organizations are quite different from ours.
• Wish the applicant well in his or her job search.
• We wish you success in your job search.
• Thank you again for writing. Best wishes.
• We hope you find an opening that matches your expectations completely.
• Thank you for letting us know of your interest. We wish you success in your search process.
• Good luck in finding an organization that can give you the career success you deserve.
• We hope you are able to find more suitable employment opportunities elsewhere. Best wishes.
• Thank you for thinking of us in light of your career-change plans. Your résumé indicates you have much to offer.
• With your achievements and academic record, you should have no trouble in finding employment.
• Best wishes in finding the right job.
• We know you will be successful in finding the job that you want in this region.
• We value the opportunity to review the credentials of such a qualified individual. Best wishes.
• Thank you again for sending us information on yourself. We hope you find a job that offers the opportunities you want for the future.

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Example 1: Regret letters

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Dear Mr. Toombs:

Thank you for forwarding your résumé to our offices and letting us know of your interest in the accounting area. Although your experience and academic credentials are appropriate for such a position, we have no openings at the current time.

We will keep your name in our active file for the next few months, and should we learn of a vacancy in the accounting area, we will again review your information and talk with you further.

Thank you for writing. Your work history is a gold mine–we know you will make an excellent employee with such a breadth of experience.

Sincerely,
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Example 2: Example of regret letters

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Dear Ms. Desmond:

Thank you for submitting your resume. While we were impressed with the amount of experience you’ve had as an accounts manager, we regret that we have no available openings.

We keep all applications in an open file for six months, should an opening arrive. I must admit that we do not anticipate any openings, but would like to suggest that you contact Brewster & Ulster. Ask to speak to LaDawn Trudeau. Feel free to mention my name to her.

Good luck in your job search. With your qualifications, we are sure you will soon be employed.

Yours Truly,
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Example 3: No job vacancy letter to applicant

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Dear Mr. Norman:

Thank you for your interest in Somerset Industries. Your management credentials are excellent. Unfortunately, we have no openings at this time.

I would suggest that you call Chip Chavez at Collier’s. He is looking for a mid-level manager. While this is slightly below your level of expertise, Collier’s is known for their rapid advancement.

We wish you well in your continued search.

Cordially,
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Example 4: Example of non selection letters

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Dear Ms. Kulper:

Thank you for your interest in our company. We regret that we have no openings at the present time. We keep all resumes in an active file for six weeks.

Good luck in your search.

Sincerely,
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Example 5: Sample letters for applicant

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Addressee
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Thank you for your interest in Farber’s advertising department. We have no openings at the present time.

You may check job listings online by accessing our Web site at:

www.farbers.jobline.com

Please feel free to resubmit your resume for any appropriate positions. Meanwhile, best of luck in your search for employment.

Sincerely,
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