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Rejected Again? Here’s the Truth Nobody Tells You About Hiring
Why sometimes the best candidate never gets the job
We’ve all been there. Our qualifications match a job ad perfectly, so we apply. We get called back for interview after interview, and they go really well. We check in with our LinkedIn connections and learn they’ve given us good references.
And then? We don’t get the job.
It’s so frustrating and we typically blame ourselves for not getting hired. But the truth is, there’s lots of reasons why the best candidates don’t always get the jobs.
A competitive job market is partially to blame
Experts agree that the job-hunting space is becoming a stressful place.
Many people on Reddit are discussing the exhausting nature of applying to (sometimes hundreds) of jobs, tailoring cover letters and application materials to each job, and then waiting endlessly to receive few answers or requests for interviews.
Business news headlines are also detailing the challenges of today’s job-hunting environment. The U.S. Labor Department recently reported that at least 59,000 government jobs in America have been lost during the Trump administration. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has…
