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My statement about doing everything right was about me. After being rejected the entire month of february I said that I'm doing something wrong and I need to figure out what it is and by April I figured out it was how I interviewed. Up until April, I became more conversational on interviews which made me more likable and that's why I had 3 job offers in one month. I agreed with everything the interviewer said and showed how much I valued their opinion about the company. Before April I never did any of that which is why I was getting rejected. I learned that job interviews are all about seeing if your personality is a good fit not how much work experience you have and how many degrees you have because it was already determined that you were qualified for the job from your experience and education when they called you in for a interview. So do like I did and think about what you could have done better in your interviews and make the necessary adjustments. Remember you have to be your worst critic at a time like this.
I don't know why you would find TVandSportsGuy post as arrogant. I agree with him. If a person thinks what they are doing in their job search is right and it isn't working......maybe they are wrong in their assumption. I would come home and continue to tweak my resume, plus go back through every word spoken in the interview until I figured out what I needed to change.
Well I think so because when I ran into a person at a training who interviewed for a job I turned down a month ago, she smiled and said-"we would have loved to have you"
That was very nice of her to say which proved my personality shined on the day of the interview.
I don't know why you would find TVandSportsGuy post as arrogant. I agree with him. If a person thinks what they are doing in their job search is right and it isn't working......maybe they are wrong in their assumption. I would come home and continue to tweak my resume, plus go back through every word spoken in the interview until I figured out what I needed to change.
I know, I;m arrogant because I felt I needed improvement-lol
I don't know why you would find TVandSportsGuy post as arrogant. I agree with him. If a person thinks what they are doing in their job search is right and it isn't working......maybe they are wrong in their assumption. I would come home and continue to tweak my resume, plus go back through every word spoken in the interview until I figured out what I needed to change.
That might work in parts of the country, but tell that to the person who has been out of work in Detroit for the past eight months. There are some palces where there is simply no work, and there's not going to be work anytime soon. In some cases relocating is going to be the only option.
Well I think so because when I ran into a person at a training who interviewed for a job I turned down a month ago, she smiled and said-"we would have loved to have you"
That was very nice of her to say which proved my personality shined on the day of the interview.
No it proves they couldn't find anyone else to work as cheap as you would.
Annerk raises a good point. Many employers now want you to be available 24/7. So if you say I can't do nights (as in my case right now) or I don't want to do this shift or that shift, you get cut from the consideration pile.
So this cuts out a lot of parents (particularly moms) from working.
I'm a student and I definitely know that limits me.
Thank goodness I found a place that didn't hold my student status against me and works with my schedule.
Most economists agree that jobs are the last thing to recover in a recession. It's just a vicious cycle. Consumers aren't spending because they are worried about losing their job or have lot their job, companies cut more jobs because they are dependent on consumers spending.....
I definitely think moving towards renewable energy will bring more jobs. Our economy will be a lot healthier if we're less reliant on foreign sources for our energy needs.
Building a better public transportation system would create plenty of jobs. I'd love to be able to catch a high speed train from Little Rock to Dallas or Little Rock to Memphis or Nashville. Having people build the system creates jobs, once it's done you have to hire people to maintain the trains, conduct the trains, customer service reps, etc.
I'd love less of my money going towards filling up my car and funding terrorists and would rather spend my money on a bus pass. Of course the bus system in the Little Rock/NLR area sucks.
That might work in parts of the country, but tell that to the person who has been out of work in Detroit for the past eight months. There are some palces where there is simply no work, and there's not going to be work anytime soon. In some cases relocating is going to be the only option.
I'm that guy and I live in that place. Ahhh, help. Where do I move too???
Okay so if I have idle chit chat with my interviewer they will LIKE me and they will hire me??
I'm all for learning from interviews but I will drive myself crazy analyzing the minutia about 'what did I say, look, do wrong?'
My husband said to me today, "It's not you, it's them. F*** them if they don't want you." I am starting to believe this.
I don't mean to be arrogant, but it's their loss. And if they have a problem because I tawk a little NY or I'm not 25 years old, well, yeah, screw them. Who wants to work for them anyhow?
I'm getting a lot of material for my future books being unemployed.
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