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You Didn’t Get the Job? — Here’s the Illegal Reason Why
When the quiet part is said out loud.
Yesterday, a guy I know sent me an email. He wrote:
“I’ve been job hunting for 10 months now, and I’ve gotten close a few times, but I still don’t have a job. I don’t know if it’s me, or the market, or a combination of both.”
This candidate is what we call, “primo clasé.”
He has excellent experience, a good LinkedIn profile, and résumé. He has no social media posts claiming the earth is flat or bashing his former boss or company. He’s golden. But it doesn’t matter.
I responded.
“It’s the market, trust me, it’s the market!”
Yet there’s something else always lurking beneath the surface. His self-doubt made me want to share a story that reveals what usually remains hidden. This explains a lot about why you don’t get the job.
They don’t say what they mean.
It was the first day back to work in the New Year. Half asleep, I grabbed my phone, checking my email while still in bed when I saw what snapped me out of the morning groggy state.
I clicked on an email I get almost every day offering jobs. It read:
