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Jaysen

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  • Feb 17, 2018
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    Wow, that's almost four months now. Not great practice.

    Have they been keeping you guys up to date on when you can expect to hear back?
     

    S30

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    Wow, that's almost four months now. Not great practice.

    Have they been keeping you guys up to date on when you can expect to hear back?

    I received an email from Grad Recruitment in the beginning of February stating they will let everyone know of an outcome by the end of February...

    But I am aware they are still a bit behind on reading all applications and have not read all applications yet for their summer vacation scheme, so it’s an odd one!
     
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    Jaysen

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  • Feb 17, 2018
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    Hmm that’s strange. Fair enough if they’re very busy but it’s good practice to keep candidates in the loop. I wonder if they’re having some kind of internal issue.
     
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    anf1811

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    Yes I've just received the same email and get a similar feeling, most firms normally include something along the lines of "we review each application carefully" but nothing like that in their email, just sounds like they filled up without needing to read them all.
     

    Daniel Boden

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    Also just received the same email. That's pretty poor from them if you ask me. Surely they would lose out on some good candidates if they don't even read all applications?
     

    Naomi

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    Received the same email. Honestly not very impressed with the way they’ve handled this application cycle? Doesn’t sound like they actually read these applications...
     

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