Reasons Why Employers Take a Pass on Applicants

San Francisco Examiner ran a good article by Marvin Walberg on January 5, 2010 titled "Reasons why employers take a pass on applicants."  Among the reasons why applicants are said to fail during the interview process are:

• Not being over the previous job or expressing anger or disappointment with previous employer
• Not asking for the job or not inquiring to what the net step is
• Lacking humor, warmth or personality
• Failing to set yourself apart from others
• Trying to set yourself apart from others
• Trying to be "all things to all people"
• Not successfully transferring past experience to the current opportunity
• Making an inappropriate personal presentation
• Not following up frequently and assertively

Try to practice these advices throughout the whole application process, starting from resume and cover letter building and all the way to the interview follow up, because remember - interview is only one step of getting your foot in the door!