7 Mistakes Job Applicants Should Avoid
Out of work since March 2010, Mark Roper wouldn’t stop knocking on the door of Wholesale Carrier Services, a telecommunications firm in Coral Springs. At least, that’s how his CEO Chris Barton remembers it. “It was non-stop banging on our receptionist’s counter — ‘I’m qualified for this job,’ ” Barton says. Roper, 49, says he didn’t literally bang on the counter, but he was persistent.
After passing an initial screening and interviewing, Roper followed up with thank-you notes and calls until he was hired. “I let them know my qualifications and I backed them up,” he says. “I didn’t try to give the impression that I knew everything.”
Whether a job candidate represents himself honestly and professionally is important, says Barton and other South Florida hiring managers. Barton hired Roper in November 2010 and says he has proven to be an asset to the company’s trouble-shooting help team. “He’s probably the most positive employee we’ve hired,” he says.
Why does an employer hire one job applicant, but not another? Sun-Sentinel Columnist Marcia Heroux Pounds highlights seven big mistakes that South Florida hiring managers say keep potentially good people from getting hired.
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