Job hunting 101: Dealing with the 5 stages of grief after a rejection letter

If I’m rejected for yet another job, I’m gonna crash out.

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BY The Only Black Guy in the Office

When the email pinged in my inbox, I didn’t even bother to open it immediately. I already knew what it was. One glance at the subject line told me everything.

After enough time on the job hunt, you develop a sixth sense for HR language. The preview text—“Thank you for taking the time…”—said it all. It’s the standard soft intro to bad news: Your application was amazing . . . but not amazing enough.

The blow softens once you’ve received a few of these. But the emotions that follow resemble the five........

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