In many respects one of the hardest things in your career can be job rejection. Nobody likes to be rejected (in a job or anything else), but that doesn’t mean that there’s not plenty of things you can learn from being rejected for a job. Here are 8 lessons that Steve Audifferen offered:
1) Be confident yet humble
2) Don’t be afraid to show your personality
3) Know your strengths and weaknesses
4) Be curious
5) Share information that isn’t on your resume
6) See the positives in a negative situation
7) Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
8) Don’t give up
If none of these suggestions help, you can always remember the lesson I’ve learned over and over again in life. Sometimes being rejected from something could very well be the very best thing to happen to you and your career. I remember a few times where I’ve been rejected and the result of that rejection turned out much better than the thing I thought I wanted. Chin up even if you’ve been rejected.
