Hey Ambitious Professionals! It's Linda Raynier of lindaraynier.com guiding you
to a career and life you'll truly enjoy. In today's video I'm gonna walk you
through the four main reasons why your job applications are being rejected by
employers and the things that you can do about it so that you can increase your
chances of lending your next job offer
Ready to get the job you want? Top Notch Interview is coming soon! For more info
and free training head to JOINTNI.COM As a career strategist I've had the
honor of being able to help numerous professionals land their dream job
offers and if this is something that you're interested in working with me
one-on-one I can give you details about that at the end of this video if you've
been looking for a job for a little while now you've probably already sent
dozens maybe even hundreds of job applications to employers and you're
feeling pretty frustrated because you haven't really been getting many
responses back well you're in luck because today I'm gonna walk you through
the four reasons why employers aren't calling you back and exactly what you
can do about it so that you can land the job offer of your dreams reason number
one you're not showing that you're a true fit for the job this is the biggest
reason why employers are ignoring you because you haven't done the work of
showcasing to them that you are the perfect job candidate if you don't do
the work of showing to them that you're a match for them how can you possibly
expect them to give you a call so to break it down there are actually three
key areas where you potentially may not be showing that you're a fit for the job
and the first one is your resume or CV is your resume lacking a clear strategy
when you look at your own resume do you feel that an employer who sees it would
go oh my goodness this person is the exact perfect fit for the job we have to
bring them in for an interview or do you think they see it and go yeah maybe not
sure let's see what else is out there if you feel that there is room for
improvement in your resume or CV then you are most likely right your resume is
the ticket that will get you into the door if you don't know how to write your
resume in an attractive and compelling way your resume will simply be thrown
too the side and the reason for that is
because employers get hundreds of resumes all the time so you really need
to make sure that your resume stands out from the rest if you need further help
in this area be sure to check out my resume mastery workshop the link is in
the description box down below or just check out my top-notch resume course and
it'll help you to rewrite your resume in an attractive and compelling way and
it'll help you to get the job offer that you're looking for the second place
where you might not be showing that you are an attractive high-quality candidate
to the employer is in your LinkedIn profile I know this may sound silly but
when was the last time that you actually updated your photo on LinkedIn to not
only be one that's recent but also one where it shows that you have a bright
energetic and cheerful personality many recruiters will tell you this but I will
that photo on your LinkedIn profile will either help to increase or decrease your
chances of getting that initial phone call check out my LinkedIn related video
if you are curious to learn more about how to improve your LinkedIn profile and
finally the third place where you're likely not showcasing your value enough
is in your interviews so over the last little while you might have gotten
called for a couple of interviews here and there but you never got a call back
to move forward to the next round I can tell you that there's one major
reason for that and that is that you're not telling compelling enough stories in
your interviews to the employers knowing how to tell compelling stories in your
interviews is the key strategy to hooking the employers interest in you
and getting them to choose you over anyone else who's interviewing if you
want them to give you the job be sure to tell compelling stories now let's move
on to the second reason why your job applications are being ignored and that
reason is that your job applications are not even being seen in the first place
if the only way that you're applying for jobs is through online job applications
along with hundreds of other people who are also applying through online job
applications there's a good chance that employer
aren't even looking or seeing your resume or application and if they can't
see you they're definitely not going to be able
to hire you so what do you do so a few tips about applying for jobs is firstly
you want to apply to only the freshest jobs so the jobs that have only showed
up within the first day within the second day those are great roles to
apply to if you're waiting to apply for a job and it's been posted for a week or
two weeks or three weeks there's a good chance that you've likely missed the
boat so you want to apply for the jobs right away strike them when they're hot
and the reason for this is because employers are likely to look at the
actual applications that show up within the first one or two days so you have a
higher chance of having your resume being seen by the employer at that point
another way to get your job application be seen is to reach out to the employer
directly if you want more tips in this area check out my how to network for an
interview video now on to the third major reason why your job applications
are being ignored you don't believe that you'll be able to get the job you really
want deep down somewhere inside you've lost confidence in yourself you don't
believe that you're able to get that really attractive job offer well here's
the truth the lack of belief that you have within yourself is actually what's
causing employers to also have that lack of belief in you so be extremely mindful
of the thoughts that you're telling yourself and how that's making you feel
because if you want employers to change their mind about you and to see you
differently you need to see yourself differently so it all starts with you
and ends with you you need to change the way you feel about yourself you need to
see the value that you can offer to organizations and then from there you'll
be able to express that in the interviews and that self belief is going
to increase the chances of you getting your dream job offer now the final major
reason why your job applications are being ignored you don't have any hint of
relevant technical skills or qualifications to do the job what I
really am saying here is that you need to have relevant skills experiences
and/or knowledge that can easily translate to the job that you're wanting
to get into it doesn't mean that you have to have done
the exact job before although that would obviously help but if you didn't but you
have transferable skills experiences and knowledge that's what's going to help
you increase your chances of also getting the job offer so if you know
that you do have transferable knowledge skills and experience then that's what
you need to highlight not only on your job applications but also in the
interviews because that's what's going to determine whether they'll hire you or
not so overall go after the positions that
you really want to do but make sure that they align with the skill sets that you
currently possess as well that's end this off I thought I would leave you
with an inspiring quote which says believe in yourself you are braver than
you think more talented than you know and capable
of more than you can imagine Roy T Bennett there you have it those
are my four reasons why your job applications are being ignored and what
you can do about it to turn it around now if this is you you've been looking
for a job for the last little while your job applications have been ignored and
you realize that you need one-on-one strategic guidance and advice from me
then feel free to head on over to my website
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