You think your CV is your golden ticket.<\/strong><\/p>\nSo much of the advice you hear about job searching focus on your CV, so much so that by the time you submit a CV that lands you an interview, you think the hard work is over.<\/p>\n
You mistakenly assume that since your CV got you through the door, you no longer need to paint the picture about what you can do for the company. Another issue could be that you\u2019re focusing too much on your CV in your interviews.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re hitting your experience line by line, instead of emphasising your value. Your experience may get you through the door, but your value keeps you in the room.<\/p>\n
Every opportunity in the hiring process, from application to final interview, is a chance to consistently market yourself and show why you\u2019re the best person. Don\u2019t assume that relaying your value in interviews is overkill because you submitted your CV, and don\u2019t rely on your CV to consistently relay the message for you.<\/p>\n
\nYou didn\u2019t show you\u2019re a culture fit.<\/strong><\/p>\nCulture fit is one of the most overlooked qualities candidates forget to demonstrate, but it\u2019s one of the top qualities employers seek when hiring new talent. Companies with healthy cultures aren\u2019t just looking for someone who can do the job.<\/p>\n
They also want someone who aligns with the company\u2019s values and who would be a great addition to the team. Displaying your culture fit becomes even more essential as you progress to the interview process\u2019s final stages.<\/p>\n
Right now, especially at a time when most interviews are conducted over Zoom and employers are unable to meet candidates in-person, if you\u2019re missing the mark in this area, you\u2019re getting job offers slide through your fingers.<\/p>\n
But you can fix this. Before working together, I once had a client who landed 13 job interviews at amazing companies, but she ended up not getting any of the job offers she wanted. She received feedback that she was awesome but focused too much on the technical skills, which confused her because she thought she was supposed to do that.<\/p>\n
But, once she mastered how to show she was both a role fit and a culture fit, she ultimately landed three job offers, and one was at a company that previously rejected her.<\/p>\n
\nYou seemed uncertain instead of confident.<\/strong><\/p>\nYou may not realise it, but hiring managers notice when you\u2019re uncertain about your value.<\/p>\n
For example, even if you have a good experience and know you can do the job if you think transitioning from an HR compliance-focused role to a different role in HR is a huge leap, you won\u2019t show up as confident as you could be in your interviews because, secretly, you\u2019re hoping they don\u2019t notice that you\u2019re attempting to make a huge leap.<\/p>\n
But in reality, the career change you\u2019re seeking might not be as big of a deal as you think, especially if you were already able to land an interview for that role with your background and experience.<\/p>\n
But, if you don\u2019t fully trust yourself to do the job or if you haven\u2019t fully convinced yourself that you deserve the opportunity, you\u2019re likely self-sabotaging your job offers and showing hiring managers they shouldn\u2019t trust you either.<\/p>\n
No matter how many interviews are in the hiring process, each job interview is another opportunity to show up, stand out, and communicate your value. If you\u2019re treating your CV like a golden ticket, not showing you\u2019re a culture fit or coming across as uncertain about the impact you can make, then you\u2019re missing out on job offers that could\u2019ve been yours.<\/p>\n
But, all hope is not lost. If you\u2019re willing to change your approach and improve in these areas, you can still land an amazing job offer at a company you\u2019ll love.<\/p>\n
\nRead: 15 tricky job interview questions \u2013 and how to answer them<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s be honest. It makes you want to pull your hair out and slam your laptop. After all, landing an interview in this economic climate is like spotting a rainbow on a rainy day, writes Adunola Adeshola at Glassdoor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":267145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[7186,26],"class_list":["post-435575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-glassdoor","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435575"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437853,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435575\/revisions\/437853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}