If you’re getting plenty of job interviews without any job offers, it’s time to think about what could be going wrong. Since you’re making it past the initial screening, the problem is unlikely to be your résumé or cover letter. That means that it could be your interview skills, something about your experience that isn’t obvious from your résumé or even your references. Here are six ways to explore why you’re not getting job offers.
1. Check your references. It’s possible that your chances are falling apart post-interview when employers call your references. Even if you think your references are glowing, you might be surprised to find that’s not the case. It’s worth having a trusted, professional-sounding friend call your references and make sure that nothing is being said that could hold you back.
1. 檢查自己的推薦信。面試失敗很可能是因?yàn)楣椭骺戳四愕耐扑]信。雖然你認(rèn)為自己的推薦信充滿亮點(diǎn),但事實(shí)可能并非如此。讓一個(gè)信得過的、專業(yè)的朋友幫你看推薦信是十分必要的,這個(gè)朋友可以幫你檢查推薦信里是否有給你減分的內(nèi)容。
2. Try some mock interviews with someone who can assess your interviewing skills. Have a friend or other contact conduct a mock interview with you and give you feedback on how you’re coming across. The ideal person to help you with this is someone who has significant experience doing hiring, but as long as your helper is blunt and relatively insightful, you should get some helpful feedback this way.
2. 嘗試模擬面試,找到可以給自己進(jìn)行面試技巧評(píng)估的人。找一個(gè)朋友或其他相關(guān)的人為自己進(jìn)行一場(chǎng)模擬面試,之后提供一些反饋。一個(gè)在招聘方面經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的人是最理想的人選。不過只要你的幫助者夠直率且見解深刻,你都會(huì)得到有益的反饋。
3. Ask for feedback from past interviewers. Reach out to any past interviewers with whom you felt particular rapport and ask if you can buy them coffee and pick their brain for 20 minutes about how you can become a stronger candidate. Your email request could sound something like this: “I really appreciate you taking the time to talk with me about the assistant manager job last week. I want to ask you a favor: Could I buy you coffee and pick your brain for 20 minutes about how I can better position myself for this type of work? Please know that I’m not seeking a reconsideration of your decision, just asking for any insights that might help me move closer to the type of work I’d like to do. I know you’re busy, so if a phone call is easier, I’d be grateful for that as well!”
3.咨詢之前面試官的意見。找到之前的面試官,你覺得這些人很友好,就問一問是不是可以和他們喝杯咖啡,耽誤他們20分鐘問問他們的意見,怎樣才可以成為更有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)優(yōu)勢(shì)的候選人。你可以這樣發(fā)一封電子郵件:“我真的十分感謝上周您花時(shí)間和我談了助理經(jīng)理這份工作。不知道您是不是可以幫我一個(gè)忙:不知道有沒有機(jī)會(huì)和您喝杯咖啡,耽誤您20分鐘時(shí)間,和您談?wù)勗鯓硬拍茏屪约焊m合這類工作?請(qǐng)明白,我不是希望您重新考慮自己的決定,我只是想想您請(qǐng)教如何才能使自己更適合這類工作。我知道您很忙,所以如果可以和您通一次電話,我也會(huì)十分感謝。
4. Look at who was ultimately hired for the jobs you interviewed for. Go back and look at the positions you interviewed for but didn’t get, and see who ended up getting the job. Search the company’s website or LinkedIn to find out who they hired and what that person’s background is. You might learn that the people who are beating you out have more experience or a different type of background, and that information can help inform your thinking about what types of jobs to pursue.
4. 關(guān)注成功獲得你面試職位的人?;厝タ匆豢醋约好嬖囀〉穆毼唬匆豢凑l最終得到了那份工作。查看該公司的網(wǎng)站或者LinkedIn,看一看該公司錄取人員是誰,并查看這個(gè)人的背景是怎樣的。你可能會(huì)看到這個(gè)把你踢出局的人經(jīng)驗(yàn)更豐富,或者有一個(gè)不同的背景。這樣的信息可以幫助自己了解這類工作要找的人是怎樣的。
5. Change the way you’re preparing for interviews. How much interview prep do you do before each meeting? The reality is, the more you’re prepared, the better you’ll usually do. If you're not practicing your answers to likely questions and preparing examples from your past work that clearly demonstrate why you'd excel at the job, this might be why your interviews aren’t panning out. Try changing the way you prepare and see if the outcome changes.
5. 改變面試準(zhǔn)備方式。每次面試之前,你都做了多少準(zhǔn)備?事實(shí)是,準(zhǔn)備越充分,表現(xiàn)會(huì)越好。如果對(duì)于相關(guān)問題沒有做出一定練習(xí),或者沒有對(duì)之前的工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)—可以說明自己勝任這份工作—做出明確說明,很可能導(dǎo)致面試失敗。改變自己的面試方式,看一看是不是結(jié)果也不同了。
6. Ask yourself whether your frustration is coming across to interviewers. If you’ve been job searching for a while, you might be feeling frustrated or desperate. And while that’s understandable, if interviewers pick up on it, it can be the kiss of death for job offers. If you know that you’re radiating negativity, you might be better off taking a break from your search until you can approach interviews with less emotional baggage.
6. 問問自己的低落情緒是否影響到了面試官。如果已經(jīng)找了一段時(shí)間的工作,自己很可能出現(xiàn)迷惑或絕望。雖然這可以理解,但是如果面試官看到這一點(diǎn),這對(duì)求職是致命的。如果你渾身上下都充滿了負(fù)能量,最好是休息一段時(shí)間,不要找工作,直到?jīng)]有太多精神包袱的時(shí)候,再開始找工作。
失敗一次不要?dú)怵H,我們要總結(jié)經(jīng)驗(yàn)繼續(xù)加油呀~