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20 REASONS 90% OF JOB APPLICANTS LIKE YOU WERE NOT CALLED BACK

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 Olumide Jasanya 0 Comments


Have you been seeking desperately for a job and you observe you just keep coming up short? Despite all that you do, does every attempt you make seem to fail and you are right now at that point of quitting? No... it isn't time to quit yet.

But have you sat down to wonder why you have not been called back? Not long ago, I was right where you are. I was all over the place, running here and there looking for the magic pill to help me. Then it hit me. Have you ever noticed that some people always seem to have employers chasing them? If you are like me, you probably wondered, what's their secret?

I took time to study people who were successful at gaining employment and what they were doing. In every case, I confirmed there were secret tips and hidden knowledge that made the difference.

Knowing what not to do is the first step in learning how to perform a successful job search. The following is a list of the 20 sure ways to avoid being hired. Please make sure that you take advantage of this tremendous information that is so powerful to catapult your efforts to gaining your next job.

A placement office of a major university have here listed 20 reasons that are most frequently given by employers for turning down job applicants. As you read the reasons for rejection given below, ask yourself how you would rate in relation to each.

1. Poor personal appearance.

2. Overbearing, over-aggressive, proud, with superiority or know-it-all complex.

3. . Failure to communicate plainly, poor audibilty, diction, grammar.

4. Lack of plans for career, not purpose driven or goal-oriented.

5. Visibly low level of interest and enthusiasm, passive and indifferent.

6. Short of confidence and poise, nervous, lack of self-belief.

7. Failure to participate in tasks either routine or specialized.

8. Over-emphasis on how much to be paid; interested only in best Naira offers.

9. Poor Academic record.

10. Unwilling to start from the scratch; expects too much too soon.

11. Makes excuses, evasive, hedges on unfavorable factors in record.

12. Lack of tact.

13. Display of immaturity.

14. Lack of courtesy, ill mannered.

15. Castigation of past employers.

16. Evading the eyes of the interviewer when conversing.

17. Limp, fishy handshake.

18. Hesitation, Indecision

19. Unhappy married life / Friction with parents.

21. Sloppy application, left blank.

 Many of these listed items are completely under your direct control and most surface during the interview stage. Study this list again and again and focus on items that describe you and immediately go to work to control for them.


 Remember, most often it is usually the simple things that eliminate most applicants.

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