Why People Aren't Hired

People are not hired for a variety of reasons. Below are factors that have been identified as causes for employee rejection:

• Poor personal appearance

• Overbearing - overaggressive - conceited - "superiority complex" - "know it all"

• Inability to express oneself clearly - poor voice, diction, grammar

• Lack of planning for career - no purpose and goals

• Lack of interest and enthusiasm - passive, indifferent

• Lack of confidence and poise - nervousness - ill-at-ease

• Overemphasis on money - interest only in best dollar offer

• Unwilling to start at the bottom - expects too much too soon

• Makes excuses - evasiveness - hedges on unfavorable factors in record

• Lack of courtesy

• Lack of maturity

• Condemnation of past employers

• Lack of social understanding

• Fails to look interviewer in eye

• Limp, fishy handshake

• Indecision

• Sloppy application form

• Wants job only for short time

• Little sense of humor

• Lack of knowledge of field of specialization

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