Why Do I Get Job Rejections?
A Recent Question:-
“Thanks for your advice on my depressing rejection following the telephone interview with the insurance company. Yes, you made some good points there. As far as I know, I answered ALL the four questions the interviewer put to me (the usual: Tell me when you dealt with a difficult customer, deadlines etc.), so this is why I was disgusted to get the short email from him saying I hadn’t been shortlisted.
Do you think age discrimination may also have had something to do with it? With my being 46, maybe he has looked at all the other applicants, saw that they were much younger, and therefore thought that the age gap was too big? I know they do employ a lot of these young teenagers now in these large offices, a lot of whom just lark around and have scant interest in the work (another BIG mistake of these firms when they take such individuals on!).
Being constantly unemployed has really taken its toll on me. I live on xxx, where there are HUNDREDS chasing each vacancy, and am now so fed up that I just feel like relocating. But where?”
My Suggestion:-
Hey there.
Let’s see then.
I wonder if you might look at this a different way. I get my clients to take a closer look at the kind of work they really want - it’s not time for an ‘anything will do’, because that’s when recruiters sense that you are less than 100% up for a job and it tilts the balance.
So, here are a few tips from my research…
1. Get really clear on what turns you on in life as a whole - what do you love to do?
2. How ‘might’ that translate into a job you really would love? What would that job be. Try to get really specific. If you can’t be, try to pin down what area of work you might love to do.
3. Check how this fits with question 1. If you were doing that job, would it really give you a buzz to get out of bed in the morning and would your eyers light up as you go in each day.
Get these clear before you start thinking of upping sticks and moving on.
Take a little time and consider these. Tomorrow, get yourself a good paper - I usually recommend the Sunday Times (in the UK), and with a good red felt tip, red circle the jobs that give you that buzz. DO NOT rule yourself out of these jobs, whatever they are - they are the ones that give you the buzz, HOWEVER impossible they may seem, that’s not the point.
Regards
Martin Haworth
http://www.HowToLandYourDreamJob.com
