How many times have you been rejected before getting your first job?
Soner Alemdar
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I have a record on this, cause was always chasing huge consulting companies when I graduated back in 2016! 😅
What's your experience?
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Kate Chasten@kate_chasten
Five or six time I guess. A golden period in my life. I learned the best lessons of my life in that period.
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I remember when I started applying for the first time in my first year of uni. It was a super scarry experience. 😅😄
Got a lot of rejections, now that I do what I like doing, it all feels worth it! 😊🙌
I haven't been rejected by employers because, well, I haven't given them the chance to experience the unique joy of working with me... yet! 😄
Just once, if I recall correctly.
And I don't regret it.
I've never been turned down at all, the job finds me on its own
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There were quite a lot of companies, and I understand why they refused for fear of hiring an employee without experience to work for the company. But now times are different and companies themselves provide you with experience.
About 100 resumes I sent, about 20 interviews and only 2 offers - this is the result of my first job search in IT
Actually none. I was to two interviews before landing my first job, where I was offered the job both times. However I turned them both down, because I was reached out to by another company via a Swedish programming forum, that seemed to be a much better fit for me.
0, because I started my own business from sophomore when I was at the college!
10 times, 11th was my first job :)
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Kind of a similar experience, rejection is not bad because we learn from the experience and it shapes our future decisions.
Landed my first job pretty easily. After quitting and while searching for a new one, I've been rejected numerous times, but nothing out of ordinary.