Dr Flavius Akerele III's The E Team Education blog

  It's understandable to feel frustrated and disheartened after going through multiple rounds of interviews only to receive a canned rejection email or, even worse, experience ghosting. While rejection is indeed a common aspect of the application process, it's also important to acknowledge your humanity and the emotional toll that repeated rejection can take. Here are a few points to consider: Self-care: It's crucial to prioritize your well-being during the job search process. Take breaks when needed, engage in activities that bring you joy, and lean on your support system for encouragement. Reflection: Reflect on your experiences and consider if there are any areas where you could improve. This could involve refining your resume, practicing interview techniques, or seeking feedback from mentors or trusted colleagues. Setting boundaries: While persistence is important in job hunting, it's also essential to recognize when it's time to move on from a particular opport...

  Let us assume you did everything correctly as far as interview protocol, let us assume you were a very strong candidate for the position; in other words, you did nothing wrong. Something we must recognize in these phenomena of employers “ghosting” qualified candidates after an interview, is that a lot of the hiring managers are not professional recruiters, and sometimes professional recruiters are bad at their job. If you think about it, there really is no consequence to them for doing that, especially when so many people might be vying for that one position. We are a in a different age where the golden and platinum rules of courtesy are not always applied, and the advice candidates must understand is that this will happens sometimes so just move on . Sometimes it is not that easy to move on. This is an interesting article I am sharing on “ghosting”: https://www.vault.com/blogs/interviewing/3-things-to-do-when-you-re-ghosted-post-job-interview , and the last sentence is im...

Saying what you mean, and meaning what you say; that is something we should all be striving for in life. It is even more important when you are hiring people, writing recommendations, mentoring people, etc. I have said it before and will say it again, everyone’s time is valuable, including the person applying for the job. What kind of relationships are you building with a non-caring attitude? This is more than just communication (which many people do not truly understand), this is about effective communication. Lessons from an MBA program. Dr Flavius A B Akerele III The ETeam

When you are looking for a job, besides networking, everyone signs up on job boards. I just realized I have never met one person who said that they have gotten their job from a job board directly. I would love to be proven wrong on this. Dr Flavius A B Akerele III The ETeam PS. All of them claim to be the number one place to get a job, interesting