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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here:

Email I received:

Thank you for your interest in the position of XYZ.
 
We have decided to pursue other candidates whose skill set best matches the needs of this position.
 
We appreciate the time and effort you spent in applying for this position. You may view and apply for other opportunities here:  https://jobs.hopkinsmedicine.org
 
Thank you again for your interest in Johns Hopkins, and we wish you success in your career search.

Job posted 5/25.
Application send 7/21.
Listed as "pending review" until above email received 8/1.
Still posted 8/14.

I know I'm not guaranteed an interview for any job but they're looking for a needle in a haystack and I'm that exact needle in term of past niche experience.  It's just weird.   
[/quote]

It is difficult to be passed over for a job, but sometimes you just have to move on.

As Jay Z once said, “on to the next one, on to the next one”[/quote]

OP here. 
Yep, I get it.

It's difficult because there are very few jobs in this field---maybe 1-2 per year in the entire DMV (all of DC/Baltimore and the surrounding suburbs of both).

I've hired for his position before and we've gone months without receiving a qualified application.  If I could get my resume in front of the hiring manager I'd get an interview (and likely the job) but I seem to have reached an HR dead end.  Again, it's not a super sexy or. high paying job.  At all.  It's a random niche nursing thing.

I was either screened out by someone in HR who doesn't know what they're doing or they hired someone that fell through or something. 
Or for whatever reason the posting is filled but still on the site.
ARGH.  [/quote]

Hi OP, you don’t get it though. You think this was a job that you were rejected for in error, or that someone else fell through (and thus you are still the next clear candidate in line).

If you have hired before, you should know that there are a million things that could be going on (slow HR, you’re seeing a listing that was meant for specific other candidate the entire time, funding changes, a mix of all 3 and then some, etc) but the one thing NOT going on is (a) this job exists and (b) you would get an interview if the hiring manager knew about you.

It’s not “weird.” This happens all the time. I can hear that you are frustrated/find this “difficult” but as soon as you accept this job might not even have ever existed in the first place, the better and easier this will become.

- Hiring manager [/quote]

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