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Perhaps someone with more experience beat you out in the interview. Or perhaps your skill set didn’t gel with the position that was open. Whatev the case, don’t assume that you didn’t get a job because the employer dk. like you or appreciate your value.

If you sent a resume to a company and got a call from someone at the company, make sure to keep in touch with the person who called you. Th person liked you enough to call you the first time. Even if you didn’t get the job offer the first time, it doesn’t mean that you won’t ever get an offer.

Hang in there. Have the presence of mind to get the caller’s e-mail address when you talk. Send a short, polite e-mail every month or two to indicate that you’re still interested in working for the company should the right position becomes available.  Keeping in touch every so often is a strategy that works wonders when you ahve your heart set on a company.

If you want to find a job and find one quickly, you need to understand the entire process of how jobs get filled. Otherwise, you’re looking at a job search from just your vantage point and missing big pieces of the picture that can really help you fast-forward your job search.

A job search involves three essential components: the employer, the candidate, and the position to be filled. Recruiters may be a fourth component, depending on the job How employers and candidates go about finding each other is what constitutes the job search process You need to remember that employers have just as much of a process as you do.

Realize that, as much as you’re fretting over getting a job, the employer is equally fretting over filling that same job. From your point of view, somewhere “out there” the right opportunity is waiting to be found. And from the employer’s point of view, somewhere “out there” the perfect candidate is waiting to be found.