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Even if you got a response from HR it will not help you as all HR people view it differently, you would get 10 different answers from 10 different interviews, there is no single rule to follow.
One day you come to hiring manager that makes sense and he will hire you, it's a waiting game.
Even if you got a response from HR it will not help you as all HR people view it differently, you would get 10 different answers from 10 different interviews, there is no single rule to follow.
One day you come to hiring manager that makes sense and he will hire you, it's a waiting game.
Exactly, and that goes back to the "Tell You About Yourself" question that was being discussed in the other thread.
You just can't win with an open-ended question like that, because you're going to get 10 different reactions from 10 different interviewers.
If, by chance, your answer just so happen to hit the right buttons of the right interviewer, it's like you've pretty much hit the lottery.
Say it ain't so Mystique. And here I was thinking that they wanted whomever was most qualified
Yeah, I've heard that one a lot, too... After seeing the number of incompetent relatives of managers finding work easily and the number of attractive bimbos who always have a job, I'm somehow beginning to suspect this isn't the case!
It generally means you need to improve your interviewing skills. For more advanced jobs it can sometimes take more interview attempts because you're competing with a wide range of people with varying degrees of experience and education, but for entry level jobs you're describing (food, retail, etc) interviewing seems to be a lot simpler.
When I wanted a low level job, I interviewed at Target, Toys R Us and Macy's and was offered all three positions. Most of those types of jobs are just looking for a perky, competent person and that's what you have to sell them on. I'd recommend practicing interviewing with as many people as you can. You could also read a book on how to better interview. That has helped me a lot. Also, September thru November tends to be an easier time to get hired because of the need for seasonal help.
if you get interviews it's most likely because your canidacy has a certain "attractiveness" in meeting the basic requirements of the job.
if you get interviews but not hired, it's either because
1) surplus of equally qualified and able bodied workers applying
2) workers in that surplus (as qualified or not) giving equal or better interviews.
3) some specific aspect that for whatever reason doesn't gel with the hiring types as well as "insert person".
For lower pay-scale jobs with lots of potential wrokers (fast-food, retail, TSR, mover), I'd say that's what it comes down to. The thing is you might not being doing anything wrong or even have very much that could be improved upon. Admittedly, with the number you've sited I think the quickest fix would be to try and beef up your interview skills. To be honest, I don't know what an interview for fast food or retail entails. I worked the latter at one point long ago, but I didn't have to interview. Be good if someone knowledgeable on those industries coudl offer insight...
If you are brought in for an interview that means you have a good chance of being hired because most candidates who are chosen for an interview have basically the same skills on paper. The interview is to determine if you FIT within the organization. 50% of the time no matter how good your interview skills are you will not have a chance because they don't like your: age, appearance, personality, style, image, posture, style of speaking, etc.
Interviewing is like dating. No matter how hard you try, you can't force people to like you. Some will, some won't.
50% of the time no matter how good your interview skills are you will not have a chance because
they don't like your: age, appearance, personality, style, image, posture, style of speaking, etc.
...No matter how hard you try, you can't force people to like you. Some will, some won't.
It generally means you need to improve your interviewing skills. For more advanced jobs it can sometimes take more interview attempts because you're competing with a wide range of people with varying degrees of experience and education, but for entry level jobs you're describing (food, retail, etc) interviewing seems to be a lot simpler.
When I wanted a low level job, I interviewed at Target, Toys R Us and Macy's and was offered all three positions. Most of those types of jobs are just looking for a perky, competent person and that's what you have to sell them on. I'd recommend practicing interviewing with as many people as you can. You could also read a book on how to better interview. That has helped me a lot. Also, September thru November tends to be an easier time to get hired because of the need for seasonal help.
Well i'm back again, i was forced to make a new account, but anyway, as you say that September through November, it tends to be an easier time to get hired because for seasonal help, do you think employers are more likely to settle on a candidate around that time of the year? as in lower their standards when hiring people, do not expect as much qualifications? because I don't have much work experience, very few work experience and I was able to get hired at Target last Fall, eventhough it was only a seasonal job which means it was temporary, i was released, let go, or laid off near the end of December, before I got hired at Target last Fall for that seasonal temporary job, whenever I applied for a job, not only would I not get hired, I would not even get an interview in the first place, and i've been applying for these type of jobs, entry-level service jobs, minimum-wage jobs in retail, fast-food, customer-service jobs, but since January of this year, i've had 11 job interviews but no luck getting hired.
So seasonal, temporary jobs during the holidays are not as picky about qualifications as getting a job during the normal time of year?
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