How a Letter of Rejection could get you a Job on a Cruise Ship!
[ Posted July 21st, 2008 ]Your response to a letter of rejection may, incredibly, get you a job on a cruise ship!
I know that sounds a little "crazy" but listen to this…
One of our members went for an interview with a major cruise line recently… but received the dreaded Rejection Letter a week later. She was extremely disappointed by this outcome because naturally, she had her heart totally set on this opportunity.
Now at that point, a lot of people would probably tear up that letter… allow the bad news to ruin their day… and then many would probably give up on their "dream job" of cruising the world.
Not this girl!
Instead, she sat down and wrote a gracious reply straight back to the cruise line. She thanked the company for their time and reaffirmed her strong desire to work for them.
What happened?
A week later she received a phone call from the person who interviewed her. It turns out the top candidate who had been selected for the job had accepted it… but a week later had gotten cold feet about working on cruise ships and so had turned the position down…
And they now wanted her to take the job!!
What she has since discovered after speaking to them again is that she was on a shortlist with several other people… but after they received her letter, the hiring staff decided that she was the person who most deserved the job!
She’ll be spending the next 6 months getting paid to cruise all around the Caribbean and South America, having the time of her life - and she’s absolutely thrilled!
This is a great example of persistence. You can get hired in this industry if you exercise persistence and politeness… and do something that really separates you from the crowd.
I guarantee that not one other candidate from that interview ever thought to reply to a rejection letter.
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