Top 3 Reasons Singaporean Employers Reject Job Applicants After an Interview

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Your degree from that fancy pants university cost your parents a ton of money, plus you did about fifty internships. So why have you not been able to snag any of the good jobs out there? Are you doomed to working for Nowhere Company for the rest of your life?

If you’ve gone for so many interviews you’re starting to think that might be your calling in life, there’s probably something you’re doing wrong.

Eunice, 30-year-old consultant and CEO at recruitment firm Career Shine, shares some of employers’ most common reasons for rejecting candidates who show up for an interview.

1. They are not as experienced as they looked on their resume

One of the key reasons employers cite for rejecting candidates, according to Eunice, is the fact that many just don’t have the experience needed to do the job, contrary to what is stated on their resume.

No matter how much you try to display your “leadership skills” by listing the 50 CCAs you participated in at school or mention every grade you’ve received since the PSLE, once you show up and answer “no” when they ask you if you have the necessary experience, you’ll be out there faster than you can say “but I got straight As in the O levels!”

So why even call up an unworthy candidate when you’ve already seen their resume? “Sometimes you can’t really tell from the resume, since the info is brief,” says Eunice. In addition, many candidates don’t give a detailed breakdown of their experience on their resumes.


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