How To Deal With Job Rejections

“Hi Georgia,

Thank you very much for your time and consideration throughout the application process.

Unfortunately, we will not be progressing with your application at this time.

We wish you the best of luck in the future.

Kind Regards

XXX”

We have all been there…you have successfully completed three or four rounds of interviews and feel like you have a real chance in securing this role. You love the company and the job; you enjoyed the brief conversations you had with the team and feel like you would fit in with the work culture. However, when this email drops into your inbox nothing can really prepare you for the crushing disappointment of rejection.

Rejection is a funny thing because we tend to think we have failed. Or there is someone out there doing the exact same thing as you, but they are just better at it. This can be difficult to deal with and damaging to your confidence, especially in the early stages of your career. However, I do find that rejection makes you look at your traits or qualities which may need some improvement. This may be hard at first, so I do suggest wallowing in your pity for a little while, as it really is ok to be upset about not securing the job of your dreams. It’s important to you and that’s also a great thing to note. However, trying to find a positive spin on something that is negative. Plus, you must remember everything happens for a reason, so this may not have been the job which you always dreamt of.

Having graduated in the summer of 2020 when COVID was in full swing, I had the real battle of trying to find a job throughout the second lockdown (Nov – Feb 2020-21). The job market was chaos, the economy was a state and quite frankly no one was hiring a grad who desperately wanted a job in marketing. I think I applied to near on 500 roles over this period and had countless rounds of successful and not so successful interviews. Not to mention the no replies, the lack of feedback and general lack of jobs at the time. It was a difficult period for me personally, however I do now look back on this and can take a few positives from this period…2 years on! Below I have noted down some of my top tips for rejection and how to beat the blues.

Try not to fear rejection. Any interview is a good interview. Talking to new people, understanding more about a new company and finding out how other teams work is always interesting. We are really lucky that we live in the world of social media where one click of a button on LinkedIn and you can easily see where people work, which team they are in and can always reach out via the messaging function to keep in contact with someone. I suggest always adding your interviewee on LinkedIn, you never know when you want to draw on this contact in the future.

2. Get feedback. Understanding exactly where you need improvements from a third party is a great way to know where you may need to improve. This may be in skills which are needed in a job e.g. hard skills, which is great, as you can then go out and try some online courses to boost your knowledge. The best one I have found is the free Google Digital Garage Course, giving you an insight into the basics of Digital Marketing.

3. Have faith in the fact that the right job will find you. It’s funny how life works out and everything does end up alright in the end. Even if it doesn’t feel like it right now, you will have a role which is right for you, plus it may take a few jobs to really understand what this is.

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