You might be wondering why you were not called up for an interview for the recent job application or all the job applications you have submitted. Especially when you know you are qualified for the position you applied for, yet you have not gotten any email or call from your employer.

The answer to these questions is just within you. If you spend some additional minutes going through your application letter, your resume and cover letter and comparing this with the job ad, you will most definitely be able to answers some of this questions that have been on your head over and over again. Some of the reason you were not contacted for an interview below.

I will discuss some of the main reasons applicants don’t get feedback from prospective employers

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Unmatching Qualifications

Sometimes you might submit applications to a job opening that you believe you are qualified for, but actually the employer thinks others. It might also be that you didn’t take your time to highlight reasons you consider yourself qualified for the job. This can contribute to reasons you were not called up.

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Over qualification

If you are over qualified for a particular position, you might see yourself facing the issue of not getting feedback from employers. Being overqualified for a position in most time determined by the employer as he may feel your skills will be wasted for the current position he is employing. To overcome this, you can lay down vividly reasons you are applying for a position to clear the doubts of the employer.

Didn’t follow instructions

All job ads have requirement needed from applicants if your application didn’t follow the required format and the support documents or other needed information were not supplied, you stand a chance of being disqualified and you wouldn’t get to know the reason such happened. Be sure to fellow all the instructions and supply all required information needed by your employer.

Too many mistakes

Making too many mistakes in your writeup, submitting wrong documents can reduce your chance of being employed greatly. Always ensure you proofread your application letter and verify document to be submitted. This will go a long in ensured you are being selected.

Job changes

If your resume shows too many job changes with a short period of time, this may raise concerns for your employer, as he thinks you might also leave the job within a short while of hired. This making him consider other applicants before you. If you realize this is your case, consider editing your resume to not include all the past jobs you left.

Expensive applicant

Don’t give the impression that you will be an expensive employee. If your salary expectation is way too high then what the company can manage, automatically you are considered as expensive employee and you may not be hired. Reasons Employers might go for expensive employees

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Conclusion

I have outlined some of the basic reasons applicants don’t get called up by employees after submitting their job applications. Consider adjusting your application and documents to overcome some of these factors discussed. Got questions? We are here to help. Out for questions on this post by commenting below

Reasons You Were Not Called up for an Interview