The times we are rejected are like forks in the road. We may think the one road is best, but forces tell us we just can’t take it. If you think of all the energy tied up in job interviews, dates when we are single, applying to schools, wanting babies, etc., it all becomes freed up for othet things once we are denied. The only question that hangs in the ait after rejection is this: “Now what?” What a great place to be. You won’t be spending anymore energy on “road one” and you van let your imagination run wild about how “road two” will be. Some of the greatest people in the world experienced rejection. For one reason or another, no one wanted to produce Disney’s first film idea. Can you imagine the regret that person or interview panel had years later? Think about the road less traveled. Robert Frost declared “That has made all the difference.”
This is a time where a lot of people are out interviewing to get a new job and better support their families. Good news, they still aren’t requiring DNA testing or anything exclusivist like that. You have a chance! In all that fussing around, remember that rejection is not the end. If you see it like I have been talking about it, it is clearly a beginning.
Tell me about the interviews for jobs you never got. How do you view rejection?
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I only interviewed for one job I didn’t get…I thought it was going well but I never heard back from them – I had applied for a similar position at another company and got that one instead, so I wasn’t really disappointed. And it must have been all for a good reason – taking that job is what led me to meeting my hubby! So sometimes like you say, rejection is a good thing!
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Like in Chelle’s post, sometimes being rejected by one place leads to great opportunities at another, like Chelle meeting her hubby. A similar thing happened to me, actually. The first police department I interviewed with said that it was the psychologist’s opinion that I was far “too sensitive” to work in any law enforcement related field. They opted not to hire me, even for a civilian position for which I was applying.
I knew they were wrong, though, so I kept at it and within a few months, was hired at the PD that was my first choice, actually, and guess who worked there? Yep, an old schoolmate of mine, JW, who ended up becoming my hubby!
I was bummed at the time, but that first department rejecting me was a blessing in disguise. I can totally see in hindsight that I wouldn’t have fit in there anyway.
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Interview Rejection, “Now What?”