You know you are a qualified candidate. You have job experience and you worked hard on your resume. You have applied to countless jobs. You have been to several interviews. Yet, you are still unemployed. This is a situation that thousands of people face.

1. By The Barrett Group
WHY YOU’RE NOT GETTING
HIRED

2. Why You’re Not Getting Hired
You know you are a qualified candidate. You
have job experience and you worked hard on
your resume. You have applied to countless
jobs. You have been to several interviews. Yet,
you are still unemployed. This is a situation
that thousands of people face.

3. Why You’re Not Getting Hired
While the answer lies partly in the fact that the
job market is recovering slowly from a struggling
economy, it also may be that you are not
marketing yourself successfully in your resume.
Job search companies and recruitment agencies
receive thousands of resumes. They have
implemented word-search capabilities to filter
through resumes, meaning that many qualified
candidates often are overlooked because they do
not satisfy the word-search requirement.

4. Why You’re Not Getting Hired
If you are not receiving calls for
interviews, the odds are that your resume
needs to be reviewed to tailor your
experience to the relevant duties in the job
you seek. Your cover letter might need to be
edited, too, in order to highlight your
strengths and address any concerns about
your qualifications.

5. Why You’re Not Getting Hired
If you are not receiving offers after being
interviewed, you likely need to assess your
interviewing skills. The style in which you
communicate your experience is crucial in
that initial interview.

6. About The Barrett Group
Founded in 1990, The Barrett Group is a
career management company that offers
consultation services to evaluate a job
seeker’s individual career strengths and
goals. The company’s career consultants
coach clients to become better interviewers
and negotiators.