Forgive the minor rant but a couple of months ago I applied for a delivery job at my local office. Did all the online tests & sat back awaiting news. Three days later "Due to unforeseen circumstances this vacancy has been withdrawn". OK, stuff happens so put it behind me & signed up for e-mail notification of future vacancies. Five weeks later another pops up, only part-time & a short contract but I figure at least it's a foot in the door. I then find that previous applications are only retained for a month, so I had to go through the whole process again, including repeating the tests.
Today, three weeks after completing the application I get some news. Hoping it's positive I open the e-mail to find - "Due to unforeseen circumstances this vacancy has been withdrawn".
Have I just been unlucky or am I completely wasting my time? I get the impression that this is code for "We're not interested, don't bother applying again".