🤷🏻♀️ 4 reasons why you're not landing jobs, that have NOTHING to do with you
When was the last time you applied to a job posting? Was it yesterday? Today? It’s common to apply to 100+ jobs a month, so you’re likely to apply to a ton of jobs without having any idea of where the role is in the hiring process or if the role is even still open.
Here are 4 reasons why you might not be getting responses from your applications, that have NOTHING to do with your actual qualifications.
Applicants are in final rounds - Company says they are hiring but actually they are in final round interviews with candidates. Simply put, Too Late for you to apply. But you’d never know that, it’s not like the company posts this information.
Remember: You do not control the timing of the hiring process. Only pay attention to those actions you can control yourself.Hard to read resume - Ok, this has a ‘little’ to do with you, but it’s very easy to fix! When resumes are hard to scan, recruiters are more likely to send the automated thanks, but no-thanks, reply versus inviting you to a screening call.
If a recruiter can’t tell within 10 seconds, why you are a potential fit, and if you have the matching experience, you will have a hard time getting noticed in the pile of resumes.
This is a common fear among career changers, but don’t worry, check out this article on transferable skills to learn how to communicate your past non-tech experiences on your resume for a tech job.
Remember: The resume is NOT a reflection of your self worth.Hiring Queue is full - Sometimes the applications volume is high and recruiters cannot get to your resume within 1-2 weeks. That’s often the case when so many people apply within the first week that the resume queue gets full, so you end up not hearing back at all or after a month+. Your resume is not even getting seen at all sometimes, so don’t go redoing your resume, again. That’s why it’s best to apply to jobs within 1-2 weeks of when they are posted.
Remember: Use the Date Posted filter on Linkedin.
Role is no longer available - It’s possible that the role is either closed or filled but that information is NOT updated on the job listing. So the job listing lingers in the ‘maybe’ pile in your emails until you receive a response. In fact, the job may not have been open anymore when you applied, or gotten closed soon after. It’s entirely possible because job listings may continue to be listed even after they are filled.
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Job level mis-match - It does happen that get invited to interview and it’s clear that the role is for someone with a higher level of experience. At this point, ask questions about the level of the role, how much direct work experience the role requires and if it’s not a match, then politely explain your level of experience and ask if that’s what they are looking for.
Sometimes one role title can be hiring for positions of multiple levels, sometimes not. Any feedback from interviews where there is a level mis-match is not helpful since it’s a simple gap in expectations of experience level. If the interview didn’t go well, it’s NOT a reflection on your interview skills, don’t take it personally.
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