The last 18 months I have applied to 9+- roles at a company I am very interested in and received rejections for 6 roles. 4 roles are under review. I reached out to a recruiter and he said the hiring managers expressed no interest to interview me. Should I stop applying at that company? I am afraid I may be annoying the recruiters if continue to apply to their jobs after so many rejections. What do you think?
Hi Richard, quick reactions without having much context:
If you mean this is all one company, this sounds like putting too many eggs in one basket, and insufficiently exploring.
I think it’s generally good to apply to many different types of roles and organizations.
Sometimes it makes sense to focus in mostly on one role type or one org. But probably not entirely. And not once one has already gotten some evidence that that’s not the right fit. (Receiving a few rejections isn’t much negative info, but if it’s >5 for one particular org or type of thing then that’s probably at least enough evidence that one should also apply to lots of other things and not spend lots of further time on this one thing.)
I’d be much less focused on “am I annoying them?” than “Am I spending too much of my valuable time on this one type of thing, and also potentially missing lots of other better-fitting things elsewhere?”
The last 18 months I have applied to 9+- roles at a company I am very interested in and received rejections for 6 roles. 4 roles are under review. I reached out to a recruiter and he said the hiring managers expressed no interest to interview me. Should I stop applying at that company? I am afraid I may be annoying the recruiters if continue to apply to their jobs after so many rejections. What do you think?
Hi Richard, quick reactions without having much context:
If you mean this is all one company, this sounds like putting too many eggs in one basket, and insufficiently exploring.
I think it’s generally good to apply to many different types of roles and organizations.
Sometimes it makes sense to focus in mostly on one role type or one org. But probably not entirely. And not once one has already gotten some evidence that that’s not the right fit. (Receiving a few rejections isn’t much negative info, but if it’s >5 for one particular org or type of thing then that’s probably at least enough evidence that one should also apply to lots of other things and not spend lots of further time on this one thing.)
I’d be much less focused on “am I annoying them?” than “Am I spending too much of my valuable time on this one type of thing, and also potentially missing lots of other better-fitting things elsewhere?”
One company. You are right about too many eggs in one basket. I’m expanding my search to more companies and focusing on operations roles.
I learned recently my resume is too generic, not targeted enough to the roles and needs quantifiable accomplishments.
I’m updating...Thank you.