Part Time Job Rejection Experiences

Since taking early retirement in 2007, I've been considering part time jobs, as a strategy to reduce our savings withdrawal rate during the economic downturn. After applying to and being hired for the first part time job, I've been either been rejected or have heard nothing after making an application. Here's a brief summary of my rejection experience:

	Rejection Details
Job Description	Experience Needed	Application Process	Status
Bank teller	Handling money	Behavior assessment test, interview	Rejection letter received after two weeks
Fast food restaurant crew	None	On-line application and assessment test	No contact after two months.
Park staff	None	Application at job fair and interview with supervisor	No contact after two months.
Census bureau	Passing a qualification test	Took test and scored a 98 (1 wrong answer)	No contact after two months.
Kids entertainment	Teaching experience	Applied on-line	Initially contacted for an interview via e-mail and then no further contact.

Being rejected for a job is a new experience for me. Since being in high school, I had only been rejected for two jobs for which I had applied. As a result, I am changing my approach of selectively applying to jobs in which I had some interest in the role or the company, which worked for the first part time job I got. I expect I will need to apply to more part time job opportunities since my job offer success rate fallen to 15% or less. If I should be lucky enough to get multiple offers, then I will be selective again :-)

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