Dealing with Rejection Letters

Rejection is never going to be a good thing. Even if we try our hardest to be cheerful and positive throughout the whole of the job application and interview process we will still be knocked back by the rejection letter sitting on our doormat. After reading you were “not successful,” on “this occasion,” you might feel dejected or angry and feel like giving up on the whole “work,” thing “on this occasion,” at least!

Take a few deep breaths and read our rejection letter advice.

Don’t Take It Personally

While it is almost impossible to take a rejection well it is best to try and put it into perspective. The first thing people do is look over their interview performance and attempt to identify what went wrong. Usually we will imagine it was a social issue; we shook their hand too tight, we stuttered once or we looked at them in a slightly “odd” way. It may be none of these. There is always a chance that the company simply found someone who was willing to work for less or requested fewer benefits – you may have been under-cut but would you have accepted working under those conditions?

If you feel you got on very well with your interviewer then you could contact them for feedback. This information can be very helpful in assessing if it was interview technique or other reasons. This can be used to make adjustments to your interview techniques or simply to reassure yourself that you didn’t get the job for valid reasons.

Stay Positive

Becoming disheartened happens easily when searching for a job, you begin by believing it will only be a short time until you get the job you desire, but a few weeks in you find yourself questioning your approach. After all your applications have been returned and interviews (which seemed to go well at the time) return an “unsuccessful” letter you will suddenly question whether you are worth employing at all!

There are often hundreds of applications for jobs landing on an employer’s desk, if you got to the interview stage you have done well! There are usually only 10 or so at most going through the interview process and to have reached it is an indication of your worth. Finding a job is a long process which can take weeks or months – this is because all involved want to get it right first time!

In short, giving up on yourself is not an option it is really only a matter of time before you find the right job for you!