We often feel entitled to certain things in our lives; whether it is a particular job, destination or degree. We believe that our efforts should be acknowledged- that our time spent in preparation to accomplish these projects should be reflected in the final reward. It seems only fair that we receive our share of the bigger pie and rightfully so.
We all know that hard work always pays off; that what we put in is what we get out. But what if the input is not meant to produce a certain output?
A greater part of my life is currently spent applying for jobs for next year – and with each application I learn a new lesson. I believed that because I have a degree that I was entitled to any job; that companies would be fighting over me; that maybe they would beg me to join them, but soon realised that this was a little too optimistic. And as some companies began rejecting my applications for different reasons- I realised that the input doesn’t necessarily produce a desired output.
A lot of graduates are going through a similar process. Most of them share similar perceptions, ideas and beliefs about job hunting. We feel a sense of entitlement and believe that our efforts must be acknowledged. We feel valuable and expect companies to move mountains for us- to fight over us and to give us the salaries we deserve. And why shouldn’t we? We’ve earned the degrees.
Life has various ways of teaching us different lessons. These lessons come wrapped up in different experiences, rejection e-mails and sometimes just in black and white. Our lives are complicated by tough times; times that change us. We are often required to break free from what is familiar to us. We are often thrown in the deep end and expected to swim upstream- only to be rejected.
But why do we perceive rejection from companies as negative or a personal attack? The lesson to be learnt is that you were never meant to work there; that your dreams were not aligned with the company’s. It is therefore up to us to get up and get back in the game.
Do not allow rejection to get you down...!!
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