By : Melanie Evans-Rivera
Have you been on dozens of interviews but still have no job to call your own, even though you thought everything went well every time you sat down with a potential employer? If you really have not made any huge interview faux pas (turning up in jeans, being hugely under qualified) there may be other, slightly less obvious reasons why you job search is taking longer than you had hoped:
Job Descriptions - Read it properly. Do you really meet all the criteria? In years past, when there were plenty of jobs to go around a few extra years' experience could compensate for a lack of skill in a certain area but in a tight job market that is simply no longer the case. If you find yourself discounting (or losing out on) job opportunity after job opportunity because you cannot meet one certain criteria don't just give up, do something about it.
Words mean a Lot - It is one thing to have a resume that is free of grammar and spelling errors but if that resume is full of "jargon" chances are it is hurting your chances of landing a job every bit as much as a resume that is grammatically incorrect as a first graders English essay. Use keywords yes, they catch the recruiters eye but do not stuff your resume full of incomprehensible nonsense.
Wrong Fit - Your interview suit is killer, you meet every point in the job description and your resume would make Bill Gates blush, but you still don't get the job. Unfortunately there really is no perfect recipe for getting hired. Sometimes, it's just a matter of personality or a clash with the unstated corporate culture. You just don't fit and you will probably never even know why.. It's all perfectly legal (if a little sad) but the point to remember it's not you, its them.
Unreal Expectations - Are you simply aiming too high? Are you still sitting in the backyard at home scoring the classifieds for the perfect job while the bills mount up? We would all love to snag our dream job but the fact is you have to settle for one that is good enough. No one says that you have to go to work in McDonalds if you were previously a NASA engineer but you do need to be willing to make a few compromises if you want to end upon somebody's payroll.
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Have you been on dozens of interviews but still have no job to call your own, even though you thought everything went well every time you sat down with a potential employer? If you really have not made any huge interview faux pas (turning up in jeans, being hugely under qualified) there may be other, slightly less obvious reasons why you job search is taking longer than you had hoped:
Job Descriptions - Read it properly. Do you really meet all the criteria? In years past, when there were plenty of jobs to go around a few extra years' experience could compensate for a lack of skill in a certain area but in a tight job market that is simply no longer the case. If you find yourself discounting (or losing out on) job opportunity after job opportunity because you cannot meet one certain criteria don't just give up, do something about it.
Words mean a Lot - It is one thing to have a resume that is free of grammar and spelling errors but if that resume is full of "jargon" chances are it is hurting your chances of landing a job every bit as much as a resume that is grammatically incorrect as a first graders English essay. Use keywords yes, they catch the recruiters eye but do not stuff your resume full of incomprehensible nonsense.
Wrong Fit - Your interview suit is killer, you meet every point in the job description and your resume would make Bill Gates blush, but you still don't get the job. Unfortunately there really is no perfect recipe for getting hired. Sometimes, it's just a matter of personality or a clash with the unstated corporate culture. You just don't fit and you will probably never even know why.. It's all perfectly legal (if a little sad) but the point to remember it's not you, its them.
Unreal Expectations - Are you simply aiming too high? Are you still sitting in the backyard at home scoring the classifieds for the perfect job while the bills mount up? We would all love to snag our dream job but the fact is you have to settle for one that is good enough. No one says that you have to go to work in McDonalds if you were previously a NASA engineer but you do need to be willing to make a few compromises if you want to end upon somebody's payroll.
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