It's a big fat NO

I spent much of my weekend dreaming about buying clothes, spending money on holidays, going places, doing things and just generally living my life again, after scrimping and scraping for the past 3 years. I discovered a message from the Ambulance trust on Saturday afternoon and got myself so excited about having a job. Mostly so I could disrupt all my landlord's plans to kick me out....the message said something like "Hello Ashley, this is S_______ from the Ambulance Trust, could you give me a call back as soon as possible" So I waited all weekend, and it was bank holiday too, so the wait was even longer, but alas it was a no.

She did say that they really liked me, and I'd done well on the test and things, but there was a stronger candidate who had done something rather similar in a previous role, and they just pipped me to the post.

I suppose though in a way that's positive, I mean they did like me, and maybe had that other candidate not attended for any reason I'd have had the job....but alas, it's back to the drawing board and living on next to nothing!! Grrr.....Got to sign on a little later though......and unfortunately can't tell them that I have a shiny new job to go to.

Honestly, I used to moan about not getting thanks but no thanks letters from employers, because I think it's rude, but I've had about 5 in the last week or so, and it's really quite disheartening!