Would-Be Employers Are Out to Reject You—And Fast
They don’t mean to. They can’t help themselves.
It’s like shopping for jeans. When flipping through a three-foot high pile of denim, it only takes seconds to eliminate the unflattering styles or ones that simply don’t work. Skinny jeans? No way. Double buttons at the top? Too much work to get in and out of. Back pockets with buttons? Who needs more layers? Low rise? Hate that gappy thing that happens when you sit. So now that you’ve found and eliminated the ones that have something wrong with them, it will be much easier to sort through what’s left, right?
Employers’ minds work much the same way. They’re looking for “something wrong with you” so they can eliminate you, make their job easier, and ...
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