You’re reading this article because you quit your job, got fired or just looking for a better job. Your reason doesn’t matter. You hate applying for job , nobody likes it. It is a stressful process prolonged and often ending with avod. I will try to present the most common fears of applicants and mistakes of employers, maybe it will help you a bit in the process of looking for a job.

Our parents and grandparents were still used to working in one company for many years. Nowadays, it is less and less common for an employee to be in one company for 10 years. This is due to many factors, including easier migration for work and extinction of some professions.

Another aspect of change is very low unemployment, which causes that the employee often has more to say and criticize. It’s hard to say clearly that people used to have a harder time finding a job. The economy is very susceptible to turbulence and the economic situation changes every few years.

We’ll start by marking the mistakes made by employers. Next, we will think about you and who is to blame for hating looking for a job.

Employers’ mistakes

Looking for a job is not fun, it is often spent many hours on the Internet , then interviews, sometimes several stages, an endless process and no response. There are dozens of reasons to be discouraged from looking for a new job. I hope that every employer will read the list below and introduce changes in their recruitment processes.

Bad job description

Let the first one throw the stone who did not meet the announcement in which one was written, while at the recruitment interview showed something else.

You were responsible for sending documents, and it turns out that you also have to run an entire office. The announcement informed about a salary of 2000 USD and during the conversation it turns out that it really is practically unattainable?

I applied for countless positions at the age of 28. I have worked for many companies. I was never released, but I always left myself, but I had a problem staying with a company for a year. I submitted job applications for ads from many industries and errors have always been repeated.

Employer, if you describe the duties, expectations and what you offer in a wrong way, you will also waste your time talking to people who are inappropriate for this position or who are not interested in the terms. Respect your time and others, write specific ads without blinking your eyes.

Too high requirements

We are looking for a young person after graduation with 10 years of experience able to 5 programming languages, databases, Photoshop and the welcome language of Equatorial Guinea, in return we offer an attractive pay of $ 18 / h and Fridays with pizza.

This is of course an exaggerated picture of job offers, but it is not difficult to find ads totally detached from reality. Later, complaining that people’s heads were upset because they want to earn, it is not known how much and not much they can do.

The cleaner does not have to be fluent in a foreign language. The programmer does not need to know photoshop , and the warehouse clerk has forklift privileges.

Employer before launching an advertisement, read it carefully and check whether you would apply for such a position, it is important that you be honest with yourself.

Arranging several people for one hour

Have you ever been to a specific time and waited for an hour? If so, you know how that person feels. For me it was a sign of total non-professionalism and lack of respect for human time. I spent 40 minutes in the waiting room, then in unkind words told the person responsible for the conversation what I think about them and left.

I hope that every person who does so sooner or later will regret this method. Plan time for each person and stick to it. If you are recruiting for many full-time positions, then plan it out carefully, remember that each person should be treated individually, and not callous as another petitioner to dismiss.

Reading a resume during a conversation

I happened to be on a conversation a few times, where the recruiter would ask me about things as if he was clearly not reading my CV. When I was younger, I answered more gently, but at some point I didn’t care about working for people who do not take the topic seriously, so I said “yes, it is written in the CV read yourself”.

Of course, I didn’t get a job, and the conversation was quickly over, but I don’t like to be treated in such a way. No translations that a lot of people find it hard to remember everything get to me. Everything can be prepared in 5 minutes. before talking to the CV, however, only two A4 pages.

Performing recruitment tasks

Part of the candidates’ skills can be assessed by performing recruitment work. I myself took part in one that consisted of coming to the office, creating a sensible wordpress site as soon as possible and optimizing for SEO. The task took me about 3 hours and I was finally accepted.

This is quite understandable for me, although it requires dedicating the next hours for which there is no payment. I look a lot worse at the situation where the employer gives to implement a project “useful” which in theory is supposed to test skills, and in fact it looks like doing work for free.

Create an order handling program, make a website for a law firm are just some of the examples I have encountered. Pretty specific examples that can be used commercially. As soon as I see ads requiring me to complete a recruitment task, I keep looking. To be tempted the offer would really have to be very good.

Reference Requirement

I haven’t collected references all my life and it was a mistake. I have been asked about it many times, I did not have a problem with giving the number to the clients or employers with whom I cooperated, but usually they expect written references at the interview.

During a recruitment interview for a salesman, I was asked for such references. I gave the number to the person I had previously worked for, but as it turned out no one had to call him. All for the fact that the question ending the conversation “why should we hire you?” I answered “because I am the best” and it was enough, shaking hands and from Monday to work.

Do I see unnecessary formalization of employers here? To be honest, no, but rejecting candidates just because you don’t have such a reference yet, in my opinion, deleting potentially valuable employees because of stupid internal regulations.

Unnecessary recruitment forms

At the end I left, the insignificant but annoying aspect which is the need to fill in the online recruitment forms, which require rewriting virtually the entire CV.

Unnecessary formality, which takes time from the job seeker and the employer who had to create such a form .

At this point I have so many sins from my main employers. You may not be discouraged from looking for a job because of it. It is much more likely that this is due to the combination of the above points with those presented below.

Why i hate looking for a job?

As many people as many problems, I will try to collect them and group them in several groups. The first group consists of people who are looking for work for the first time, the other people who want to change jobs, and a third person have been released.

You are not yourself during the conversation

The second point is linked to the first. Introverted and shy people are often much worse at interviews. I noticed it after myself and my friends.

At the age of 18, I behaved quite differently when talking to the employer than at the age of 22 and during the last recruitment at the age of 26. After X conversations, I learned about the different approaches of recruiters , the questions were practically repeated, sometimes who surprised and had to improvise.

During the conversation, it is good to sit upright, look the interlocutor in the eyes, do not play with clothing or pencil and participate in the dialogue. Just answering the questions in a matter-of-fact way is ok, but I noticed better results in conversations in which I took the initiative and undertook important issues related to the position and the company. Remember that this is not about talking about yourself, talking about insignificant things, but giving constructive answers, not interrupting and being polite.

People who leave their current job are often asked about the reasons. I strongly advise against the statements “the boss required too much”, “hard work” etc. Rather, point to the lack of development opportunities, getting a raise and any problems with holidays. I also don’t recommend talking to the previous boss, even if he was an asshole. The new employer will appreciate the fact that you keep this information to yourself and if you decide to dismiss in a few years, you will not talk to another employer.

Dismissal is never nice, during recruitment you should minimize the reasons why you lost your job. Be honest, the reason for the dismissal was being late so say it. Depending on the scale of this offense, use it for interviews and if you get a job, embrace yourself because losing another job will be a bigger problem.

People from the HR department are not stupid, they did not have one smart guy at the interview and can assess when someone is lying. Do not try to be smarter, take responsibility for your mistakes, this attitude can be gained in the eyes of the future boss.

You hate looking for a job because you hate working.

A simple statement that applies to a growing group of people living in the world of Instagram and celebrities. After all, if they live from the fact that they are famous, why should I work 8 hours a day for a small salary? I can’t help it, I believe that people reading this article do not want to work for other reasons.

It is possible that you are looking for new challenges and the current position has long been not for you. People often search for their place for many years. I got my first job related to the profession after 5 years of working in warehouses as a salesman or head office .

Now I’m in the moment, and offers sm on white always wanted to be, cleans up and running my own business, but if it’s a bed of roses? On the contrary, definitely more responsibility and every day is more important to me, but that’s not what I wanted.

As a jobseeker after studying in the profession, you must be ready to work for a minimum wage, or as an intern. Studies have lost their importance now, but if you used them to study, sooner or later someone will see your potential and use it.

When looking for a job after high school, it is worth trying to submit CVs for positions that give a chance for development and raising qualifications. The younger you are, the more chances you have to stumble and find your way, remember this and learn from mistakes, preferably others.

You are not sure of your own abilities

It is completely natural, I still create pages based on certain schemes that I know about. He feels much better in internet marketing and SEO, certainty came with experience and even today after several years in the profession, hundreds of positioned websites and dozens of advertising campaigns, I am still educating.

How do you know if you can handle a given position when this is your first job?

Maybe you are a salesman who once has average results, but he has already learned something and would like to try his hand in another industry to see if it is for him.

You’ve been fired and wondering if you really deserved it and maybe you’re too weak to program? Try again, sometimes you know that something is not obvious for you, other times you hesitate and it is worth giving yourself a second chance.

I will finish on so many points, if something comes to my mind I will update the article.

I hate looking for a job, so I created a job myself. You may not be interested, then treat this stage as a nasty duty, grit your teeth and do everything from your part to get a new job as soon as possible.