Rejection

So I answered the phone today at work.
And there was a young man on the other end. 

What did he want?

Well, he'd put in a job application a little over a week ago, and he'd just gotten an email back saying that his application had been rejected. For the reason that 'he didn't meet the requirements necessary' I believe it was.

And he wanted to know what requirements he hadn't met.
Because he had a "High School Diploma what else do I need?!" 

I couldn't help be semi...well sympathetic to his plight. And I did admire him for calling to ask what requirements he hadn't met.

But honestly, none of us in the store would have been able to tell him anything specific.

Because we don't see the person's application unless it's been approved through the online system.

And the online job application has a little questionnaire thing that applicants have to fill out.
Which basically gauges your ability to do well in the store. I.E. Can you interact with customers, be friendly, do well with animals, do well under pressure, be willing to learn.

And it calculates if you will or won't be a good fit for our store.

It's not like the system is perfect or anything. We get in workers from time to time that really didn't mesh as well as we thought they would when we hired them.

But there's nothing we can do on our end if an applicant doesn't pass the application process. :( The only solution is to try and apply again, unfortunately.

I would be curious to see if he actually figures out how to not get his job application rejected though..... 
It is going to take more than a high school diploma though.... 

-Sarnic Dirchi