First rejection..

[dddork]

I have applied to couple of places for a new job.. Today I got my first rejection.. hmm.. I was told.. I am a really good candidate and the manager was happy that I applied.. We have had a lot of quality candidates applying for this job with more experience.. So, we offered someone else the position and they have accepted it.. :(.. I smiled and I said it was okay.. I really liked the position and it was worth a shot. :(..

I have 4 more to go.. Lets seee

[yankeeyosh]

Sorry to hear that :( It's not fun when you get those things...HR rarely tells you the details, and that can be pretty frustrating. Good luck on your other interviews! :)

[TranquilSkye]

Well that stinks, but hopefully you're not throwing in the towel now. With this competitive job market you can't really apply for 5 positions and sit back and wait. Keep sending out those resumes and filling out applications until you have accepted a position and completed the HR paperwork. Some places won't even bother to notify you if you didn't get the position, so you don't want to waste valuable time you could've spent searching. Good luck!

[gysberger4]

I have been searching for jobs for the last two months and have applied to at least 15 jobs a week, have gotten 7 interviews, and no offers. It will likely take a lot more than 5 applicaitons to get a job offer with the job market the way it is. Make sure you keep at it and apply for anything and everything you think you might like and are qualified to do. The job market is tough these days. Do you live in the Twin Cities? What types of jobs are you looking for? I'm in MN too!! Maybe we can help each other out.

[LaFille]

I have been searching for jobs for the last two months and have applied to at least 15 jobs a week, have gotten 7 interviews, and no offers. It will likely take a lot more than 5 applicaitons to get a job offer with the job market the way it is. Make sure you keep at it and apply for anything and everything you think you might like and are qualified to do. The job market is tough these days. Do you live in the Twin Cities? What types of jobs are you looking for? I'm in MN too!! Maybe we can help each other out.


how do you apply for 15 a week? i honestly couldn't do that if i tried. not only am i having trouble finding things i'm interested in, but i put a ton of time into each job i apply for. even if i found 15 things i was interested in each week, i don't think i could keep up!

any secrets? excessive caffeine use? a third hand?

[gysberger4]

I really don't do anything tricky. I have a coverletter an a resume tailored to a certain job, ie. administrative assistant, geography/climatology/hydrology and I just change the specific job title and company name on the two documents. I also look over my resume and cover letter to make sure that they include specific job skills that the company is looking for before I send them away. Since I am going to be paying back $40,000 worth of student loans starting in December and have no money in savings since I could not get by on $1000 a month as a graduate student living across the county, I need to get any job that I can get that I can handle working at for at least six months while I continue the job search so that I can get my bills paid and get insurance. While I wish that I could get a job in my field I have accepted that the "lack of experience" in my field is really hurting me so I have to get work experience elsewhere before I can get into what I really want to do. Hence, sending out apps to any and all places that I think I might like and see what happens.

[CTGirl]

how do you apply for 15 a week? i honestly couldn't do that if i tried. not only am i having trouble finding things i'm interested in, but i put a ton of time into each job i apply for. even if i found 15 things i was interested in each week, i don't think i could keep up!

any secrets? excessive caffeine use? a third hand?

15 a week is not that hard at all. I applied for almost that many last week upon being downsized.

For me, it's more a matter of finding jobs that I would like and am qualified for, which is tough.

[LaFille]

15 a week is not that hard at all. I applied for almost that many last week upon being downsized.

For me, it's more a matter of finding jobs that I would like and am qualified for, which is tough.

if i find 5 jobs a week i am interested in, i consider myself extremely lucky! i'm also being somewhat picky though, i admit.

i guess it takes me awhile to find a job/company i am interested in. for every job i find that i am interested in i'd say i do an hour of internet or phone research. then i research the position or company or whatever, possibly make a call to see who to address my letter to, tweak my cover letter and resume, then either email it or print off copies at my dad's office to drop off or mail. then i enter all the contact info into my trusty spreadsheet and follow up a week later. and mixed in there are networking meetings and waitressing.

if i were totally unemployed, i guess i would be more motivated to get things out more quicky, and probably more willing to take a job i was not totally interested in. and if i didn't live in upstate ny, i probably would have more options. i still think 15 is a lot though!

[CTGirl]

if i find 5 jobs a week i am interested in, i consider myself extremely lucky! i'm also being somewhat picky though, i admit.

i guess it takes me awhile to find a job/company i am interested in. for every job i find that i am interested in i'd say i do an hour of internet or phone research. then i research the position or company or whatever, possibly make a call to see who to address my letter to, tweak my cover letter and resume, then either email it or print off copies at my dad's office to drop off or mail. then i enter all the contact info into my trusty spreadsheet and follow up a week later. and mixed in there are networking meetings and waitressing.

if i were totally unemployed, i guess i would be more motivated to get things out more quicky, and probably more willing to take a job i was not totally interested in. and if i didn't live in upstate ny, i probably would have more options. i still think 15 is a lot though!

True, there are a lot of factors involved here. While I'm being picky, and my field is rather small, I'm also days away from being unemployed and looking in the ny-metropolitan area, so my situation is much different from yours, and applying for about 12 jobs and scoring 2 interviews within a week may be a lot easier for me than for you.