WHAT COMPANIES ARE LOOKING FOR?

We’ve all been there before: your interview for a seemingly perfect job goes smoothly but what you receive is a rejection mail two weeks later that too without a positive feedback.

After talking to a dozen hiring managers and hearing what they had to say about the common mistakes that applicants do while applying to jobs. We noticed similarity between what almost all of them had to say. We’ve shortlisted the top pieces of advice below, take a look.

1. CULTURE FIT

With 43% of hiring managers ranking “cultural fit” as the top factor when making hiring decisions, tech industry giants and early-stage startups are seeking not only the best tech talent, but the perfect personality match.

2. SHOW HOW YOUR EXPERIENCE IS RELEVANT

Giving a few examples of how your past experience is transferrable shows that you’ve thought through how you would fit in to the organization—and makes things crystal clear for the hiring manager, too.

In fact, it's often more impressive when a candidate can make seemingly irrelevant experience seem very relevant to the role he or she is interviewing for.

3. STRONG WORK ETHIC

Employers value employees who understand and possess a willingness to work hard. Doing more than is expected on the job is a good way to show management that you utilize good time management skills and don’t waste valuable company time attending to personal issues not related to the job.

4. ADAPTAILITY

Employers seek employees who are adaptable and maintain flexibility in completing tasks in an ever-changing workplace. Being open to change and improvements provides an opportunity to grow and learn more.

Adaptability also means adapting to the personality and work habits of co-workers and supervisors.

5. RESILIENCE

Maybe you move away to a new town, away from your friends and family for work or you may find it difficult to cope up with excessive workload.

It is about having mental toughness, flexibility and most importantly about staying inspired. Resilience is accepting that life does get hard at times and does change. It’s about being able to change, ask for help and keep going

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‘Keep calm and Carry on’