A software company gave hopeful reminders of several famous people who overcame failure in a job rejection letter.

Rejection letters will never provide happiness, but sometimes, if written with kindness, they can be helpful. At least one applicant to Duke’s graduate cognitive neuroscience admitting program felt ...

A high schooler wrote a rejection letter to her rejection letter from Duke. — -- Spring is here along with the angst of the college admissions process for high school seniors everywhere. One ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Siobhan O’Dell, a 17-year-old applying to ...

KKR's Alisa Wood runs a top division at the buyout giant KKR. She applied to work at the company in 2003, and KKR cofounder Henry Kravis turned her down. Wood ended up scoring another job interview.