Job Application Rejection: Should You Take it Personally?
Written by Jane Lowder, Max Coaching
“I have an undergraduate degree, a masters degree and a teaching certificate yet I’m on Centrelink benefits because I can’t get a job” stated the frustrated, and somewhat bamboozled fellow in the back row of the seminar I attended yesterday. And why shouldn’t he be bamboozled? ABS statistics show that the more qualifications a person has the more employable they are and the higher the salary they are likely to attract. This fellow had a valid expectation that he should have little trouble finding work.
Most often people see job application rejection as a rejection of themselves, their qualifications and experience. In many cases this is just not true, and there is something that can be done to improve prospects. [Read more →]
