Comments on: Rejection: Ally or Enemy? http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/blog/rejection-ally-or-enemy/ Career advice from job search experts Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: billie sucher http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/blog/rejection-ally-or-enemy/#comment-48 billie sucher Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:58:20 +0000 http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/newblog/rejection-ally-or-enemy/#comment-48 Walter, thank you for your comments -- what you say is really good..."it isn’t about the employer rejecting them as much as it is about the employer picking someone else." Such an uplifting tip and constructive way of looking at things! billie sucher Walter, thank you for your comments — what you say is really good…”it isn’t about the employer rejecting them as much as it is about the employer picking someone else.” Such an uplifting tip and constructive way of looking at things!
billie sucher

]]> By: Walter Akana http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/blog/rejection-ally-or-enemy/#comment-49 Walter Akana Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:10:54 +0000 http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/newblog/rejection-ally-or-enemy/#comment-49 Hi Billie! You’ve made some great points about rejection and given some excellent advice. As well, I appreciate Robert’s accounting of Abraham Lincoln's record and the baseball statistic. Still, when I work with clients who did not win job offers, I like to remind them that it isn’t about the employer rejecting them as much as it is about the employer picking someone else. Perhaps it’s just a slightly different spin on how to handle rejection. Still, I find it opens the door to considering what positives the candidate can focus on to be the one picked in a future interview. Hi Billie! You’ve made some great points about rejection and given some excellent advice. As well, I appreciate Robert’s accounting of Abraham Lincoln’s record and the baseball statistic. Still, when I work with clients who did not win job offers, I like to remind them that it isn’t about the employer rejecting them as much as it is about the employer picking someone else. Perhaps it’s just a slightly different spin on how to handle rejection. Still, I find it opens the door to considering what positives the candidate can focus on to be the one picked in a future interview.

]]> By: billiesucher http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/blog/rejection-ally-or-enemy/#comment-50 billiesucher Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:21:26 +0000 http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/newblog/rejection-ally-or-enemy/#comment-50 Robert, thank you so much for your comment -- I was just beaming when you used an example from baseball as that's such a big part of our family's life. : - ) And what a neat accounting of Abraham Lincoln's pathway to glory! As "they" say, persistence pays! Thanks for reading & I really appreciate your comments! billiesucher Robert, thank you so much for your comment — I was just beaming when you used an example from baseball as that’s such a big part of our family’s life. : - ) And what a neat accounting of Abraham Lincoln’s pathway to glory! As “they” say, persistence pays! Thanks for reading & I really appreciate your comments!

billiesucher

]]> By: Robert Dagnall http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/blog/rejection-ally-or-enemy/#comment-51 Robert Dagnall Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:05:56 +0000 http://www.careermanagementalliance.com/newblog/rejection-ally-or-enemy/#comment-51 Some additional perspectives on failure/rejection: in baseball, the game's greatest hitters fail 7 out of 10 at-bats. Then there's this resume of failure: Lost job in 1832. Defeated for state legislature in 1832. Failed in business in 1833. Elected to state legislature in 1834. Sweetheart died in 1835. Had nervous breakdown in 1836. Defeated for Speaker in 1838. Defeated for nomination for Congress in 1843. Elected to Congress in 1846. Lost renomination in 1848. Rejected for land officer in 1849. Defeated for U.S. Senate in 1854. Defeated for nomination for Vice President in 1856. Again defeated for U.S. Senate in 1858. Elected President in 1860. Abraham Lincoln. Some additional perspectives on failure/rejection: in baseball, the game’s greatest hitters fail 7 out of 10 at-bats.

Then there’s this resume of failure:

Lost job in 1832.
Defeated for state legislature in 1832.
Failed in business in 1833.
Elected to state legislature in 1834.
Sweetheart died in 1835.
Had nervous breakdown in 1836.
Defeated for Speaker in 1838.
Defeated for nomination for Congress in 1843.
Elected to Congress in 1846.
Lost renomination in 1848.
Rejected for land officer in 1849.
Defeated for U.S. Senate in 1854.
Defeated for nomination for Vice President in 1856.
Again defeated for U.S. Senate in 1858.
Elected President in 1860.

Abraham Lincoln.

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