Seeing as how no careers section

[La Fiaba]

I'm not sure if posting in the right place so feel free to move. It's about a horsey job so I guessed NL (or TTR) is as good a place as any to ask advice.

Right so I recently advertised a job and wrote quite specificaly 'how to apply'. Someone has applied and apart from the fact their 'covering letter' is terrible (not even a hello or goodbye!) they have not answered the question I put in the 'how to apply' section.

So my question is would you even reply to this person? Bare in mind this is for a position of responsibility, if they can't follow a simple instruction at this point could I trust them in the future? Or is it easy to miss this sort of thing when applying for jobs?

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[superpony]

Nope I wouldn't!! Especially since their covering letter is not good.

 

[LittleBlackMule]

If they can't follow a simple instruction, I wouldn't want them around my horses..

 

[La Fiaba]

Thanks guys, was what I was thinking but didn't know if I was being too harsh.

 

[*hic*]

Depends on how many other good applicants I had. I can think of a few people from here who I would certainly trust with my horses but would never expect to write any sort of formal letter.

 

[La Fiaba]

I get what you're saying Dee, but this is much more than grooms job, and I do need someonewho can be the face of the business if you like, greeting guests, taking bookings, handling cash, ordering etc. Hence why I made it very specific how I wanted them to apply.

Tbh though the 'brusqueness' (is that even a word?!) of the email didn't bother me as much as not answering the question I set. Felt like they'd just skimmed over it and applied in a rush which I will admit I have done myself in the past (and never got a reply)

 

[*hic*]

If you want them to do office-based tasks then I agree they're probably not suitable although there are some less than well educated people who seem to manage to get 4* horses and all their kit round the world successfully