Overcoming Rejection
By Cord Harper, CEO of Endeavor Agency
The email finally came through. The hiring manager replied. This is it. This is the moment you have been waiting for. You open it with excitement!
You didn’t win the job. Instead, you receive a rejection email.
What? You were sure it was going to be you. Everyone was so friendly and said such positive things in the interview.
“We want to thank you for considering us. It was a difficult decision but we have selected another candidate,” the message says.
How could this be? What happened? Where was the big mistake that led to this unexpected outcome?
In reality, it’s rarely a big mistake. You probably did a lot more things well than you even realized. The hiring team just liked someone else a little more.
It’s a natural tendency for candidates to underestimate the competition in the interview process. There are a lot of sharp people who want the same job, especially if you’re targeting a good job and a good company. Winning those kinds of jobs requires a lot of preparation and attention to detail.
If you’re seeking a higher-level position, then all of your prior interview experience doesn’t really count. This is a new ballgame. It has new rules and requires new and better skills.
If you want to win at the higher levels and overcome rejection, you have to learn to compete for the job at that level.
About Endeavor Agency
Endeavor Agency is the nation’s leading company helping individual executives, VPs, senior managers, professionals, and physicians find the jobs they truly want. Our additional resources, expertise, and career change specialists help our clients uncover more and better job opportunities than what they could access on their own.
Endeavor Agency helps rebrand clients to effectively communicate their value throughout the interview process and increase their odds dramatically of winning offers. Additionally, Endeavor Agency helps clients achieve better results in negotiating the terms of their employment agreements.
Endeavor Agency also provides executive coaching, outplacement services, and business consulting services. Endeavor can also help guide executives focused on the private equity and venture capital market segments.
