Not Hired by Campus Recruiters? Don't Get Disheartened Take Charge of Your Career

You Must Reflect on the Ground Realities, Work on Yourself and Take Charge of  Your Career

Improve Your Self Awareness

If you are not hired by the team of corporate recruiters that visited your campus, there is no need to get disheartened but to understand the reasons , why you were not shortlisted by the recruiters? This is an essential exercise in self awareness. 

Understand the Underlying Nuances
Not getting shortlisted by the campus recruiters doesn't necessarily mean that you are not good enough.Please do not register this notional opportunity loss

 on your psyche as a serious nondelible negative remark regarding your persona.You must understand the underlying nuances or else you may end up misconstruing the whole communication. Be aware of the various possibilities for the decision by the recruiters, these are a few of the likely scenarios. By being aware of these possibilities ,you need to intelligently reflect on the ground realities, work on yourself and take charge of your career

• You are Not a Best Cultural Fit for Hiring Organization

Based on your background information provided by you to the recruiters during the interview, the recruiters inferred that you are not a best cultural fit for their organization and there is a high probability of compatibility issues few months down the line, where the training & recruitment costs would go down the drain.The better option for them ,in this case, is to find a better suitable match having cultural compatibility with the organization under consideration. Considering this reasoning you need to appreciate that you are what you are and based on your background there are different but right kind of organizations suiting you, which are a better cultural fit for your background profile.

• You Exceed the Required Profile

You are an overkill, where you exceed the required profile and seem to be of a bigger size than the chair for the present role on offer. The recruiters assessed you to be far superior than the profile required for the role at hand and decide against hiring you. This decision of the recruiters is emanating from their act of drawing the balance between being fair with both the their organization, by keeping a check on their recruitment & training costs, as well as the candidate, by respecting the right of the high calibre candidate for better employment opportunities as suitable, than what is currently on offer. 

• You are More Suited to Different Industry or Job Profile

The personality traits of the required candidate profile may vary from one industry to the other. The job in banking sector may require different set of traits as compared to those required in a media organization. Therefore you need to keep trying with the your best efforts and may also take help of the experts in developing & mastering the traits required by the job profile in the industry of your choice.Going by this logic if your aptitude and competence are more suited to a different industry than the one for which the recruiters are hiring, then the recruiters might decide to leave you for the other industry.

• You are Out-Performed by Competition

Although you are a perfect match for the offered job role, you scored well enough to qualify the interview but due to limited available vacancies you could not make to the top few slots as you scored less than your competing colleagues.You are out performed by the competition, and you must utilize this failure as a learning experience for you to ensure that you are better prepared by finding out the best possible ways of keeping your best foot forward and delivering a stronger performance during the next interview.

• You Failed to Create a Positive Impact During Interview

You have the right mix of attributes required for the job role in discussion but you failed to create a positive impact during the interview. This could be due to incorrect etiquette, improper posture ,casual dressing, inadequate grooming, inappropriate communication, unfavorable first impression  or negative attitude inadvertently exhibited by you during the interview. You need to very closely & objectively reflect on the interview proceedings  to gather a clear understanding of what were the things you did right and also critically evaluate what went wrong, which you could have done better and ensuring these shortcomings are eliminated during the forthcoming interviews. 

• You May be Lacking Knowledge,  Skills,  Aptitude or Attitude

You may be lacking in either one or more of the knowledge, skills, aptitude and attitude required for the job role under consideration, If this is the case then you need to reflect on your self by conducting an in-depth SWOT analysis & identify your weaknesses to facilitate self improvement for ensuring that you are aware of your strengths and weaknesses. When you are aware of your strengths and weaknesses, you can draw great mileage by playing to your strengths ,chalking-out an action plan and working towards eliminating your weak areas so that you are better prepared for each progressive opportunity.

The author of this post is a Consultant & Trainer and in case of any assistance ,he may be reached at email ;sanjaysharma_delhincr@rediffmail.com , mobile; 9811578963
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Sanjay Sharma