It is NOW or NEVER

Dear XXX,

Thank you for your recent application for a position at the London office of Oliver Wyman, General Management Consulting.

After reviewing your application and CV we have decided not to invite you to interview with us. We are unfortunately only able to interview a limited number of candidates each year. In fairness, we are therefore obliged to restrict our invitations to those whom we feel are most likely to offer capabilities that closely match our particular needs as a firm.

Due to the very large numbers of applications we receive I am afraid we are unable to provide feedback on your CV.

Please note that if you have applied for a Financial Service Consulting position this email only refers to your application to General Management Consulting. You will be contacted separately regarding your Financial Services Consulting application.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you every success with your job search and to thank you for your interest in Oliver Wyman, General Management Consulting.

With kind regards,

Thank you for submitting your application to the Fixed Income Analyst Program at Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific. We sincerely appreciate your interest in the Firm. Unfortunately, we are unable to pursue your candidacy further.

Kindly note that it is Morgan Stanley's policy never to disclose reasons for its decisions relating to any candidacy.

We encourage you to continue to review your fit with the job descriptions for future programs. We wish you the best for your future career endeavors.

Please note if you have applied to any other division within Morgan Stanley you will receive a separate email relating to that application in due course.


Yours sincerely,

Asia Pacific Recruiting Team




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Dear Mr./Mrs.,

Thank you for taking the time to apply to Monitor Group. We have reviewed your application, but unfortunately, we will not be able to extend you an invitation for a first round interview. The selection process is very difficult for us, but please be assured that this is not a reflection on your fine achievements, rather, that we can interview only a very small percentage of the large number of highly qualified candidates that apply. There is a team of Monitor consultants and recruiting staff that review all incoming applications. I can not tell you specifically why your application was not selected, however, I can share with you a few of the things that we look for in screening candidate applications: leadership, commitment, academic excellence, analytics and knowledge of Monitor. I hope this is helpful.

Best of luck with your employment search.

Monitor Group

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idN4NOLfd5Q

Kousuke Atari - Hana

Lyric: Okachimachi Dako
Music: Moriyama Naotaro

moshimo anata ga ame ni nure
iiwake sae mo deki nai hodo ni
nani ka ni fukaku kizu tsui ta nara
semete watashi ha te o musubi
kaze ni hokorobu hana ni nari tai

moshimo anata no yume yabure
yukisaki no nai hibi ha kure yuki
shinjiru koto sae deki naku nare ba
semete watashi ga koe ni shi te
asu ni tayuta u uta o utao u

hana no you ni hana no you ni
tada soko ni saku dake de utsukushiku are
hito ha mina hito ha mina
daichi o tsuyoku fumishime te sorezore no hana kokoro ni yadosu

tatoe kono mi ga hateru tomo
soyo gu shima kaze negai ni somare

hana no you ni hana no you ni
tada kaze ni yureru dake no kono inochi
hito to hito mata hito to hito
tsumugu jidai ni mi o makase
sorezore no mi ga tawawa nare ba to

hana no you ni hana no you ni
tada soko ni saku dake de utsukushiku are
hito ha ima hito ha ima
daichi o tsuyoku fumishime te sorezore no hana kokoro ni yadosu
中孝介 - 花

作詞：御徒町凧
作曲：森山直太朗

もしもあなたが　雨に濡れ
言い訳さえも　できないほどに
何かに深く　傷付いたなら
せめて私は　手を結び
風に綻ぶ　花になりたい

もしもあなたの　夢破れ
行き先のない　日々は暮れゆき
信じることさえできなくなれば
せめて私が　声にして
明日に揺蕩(たゆた)う　歌をうたおう

花のように　花のように
ただそこに咲くだけで　美しくあれ
人はみな　人はみな
大地を強く踏みしめて　それぞれの花　心に宿す

例えこの身が　果てるとも
戦(そよ)ぐ島風　願いに染まれ

花のように　花のように
ただ風に揺れるだけの　この生命
人と人　また　人と人
紡ぐ時代に身をまかせ
それぞれの実が　撓わなればと

花のように　花のように
ただそこに咲くだけで　美しくあれ
人は今　人は今
大地を強く踏みしめて　それぞれの花　心に宿す

English Translation
If you are under the rain and getting wet
and still can’t defend yourself
If you are getting hurt that is really painful
But, at least I’m holding your hand tightly
I want to become a flower that blooms in the wind.

If your dream shattered,
living day by day that has no motivation
and losing the ability to believe
Well, at least I can use my voice
to sing tomorrow’s uncertainty.

Just like a flower, like a flower
It is beautiful even if just bloom there
Human now are, human now are
letting their flowers lives in their own heart, and standing strong on the ground.

If this body has died
The mild blowing of island wind, will also infected by my wish
Just like a flower, like a flower
The life only shakes under the wind
people and people, and, people and people
entrusting the body to the spinning age
each fruit is making the body bend.

Just like a flower, like a flower
It is beautiful even if just bloom there
Human now are, human now are
letting their flowers lives in their own heart, and standing strong on the ground.

Chinese Translation
假如你被雨打湿
却连为自己辩白都不可以
如果受到某种很深的伤害
至少有我握紧你的手
我想变作在风中绽开的花朵

假如你的梦想破灭
天天过着没有希望的日子
如果你已变得连相信都不能够做到
至少我想歌唱
对明天的迷茫

像花儿一样
只在那里美丽的开放
人们现在
把各自的花朵深藏在心中 用力踩着大地

如果这身体死去
微微作响的岛风 也被我的愿望所沾染
像花儿一样
这生命只在风中摇曳
人与人 以及 人与人
各自都被果实坠弯
委身于这纺纱的时代

像花儿一样
只在那里美丽的开放
人们现在
把各自的花朵深藏在心中 用力踩着大地

MP3 http://www.jay-han.com/mp3/Hana-KousukeAtari.mp3

updated in twitter last night, saying that im always unsure of all my decisions. then, today, watched the US TV series, some classic:

Ted: No, it's not an adventure, it's a mistake!

Lily: OK, yes it's a mistake. I know it's a mistake, but there are certain things in life where you know it's a mistake but you don't really know it's a mistake because the only way to really know it's a mistake is to make the mistake and look back and say 'yep, that was a mistake.' So really, the bigger mistake would be to not make the mistake, because then you'd go your whole life not knowing if something is a mistake or not. And dammit, I've made no mistakes! I've done all of this; my life, my relationship, my career, mistake-free. Does any of this make sense to you?

Ted: I dunno, you said mistake a lot.

Dear xxx

Thank you for your application for the Shanghai - Graduate/Analyst - Fixed Income - Trading Analyst Programme with BNP Paribas.

After careful consideration of your application we regret to inform you that we will not be progressing you to the next stage of our selection process on this occasion.

Unfortunately due to the large volume of applications we have received this year, we are unable to provide individual feedback at this stage of our process.

We would like to thank you for the interest you have shown in BNP Paribas and wish you every success with your job search.

Kind regards

BNP Paribas Recruitment Team

jesus, not easy