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As 2009 comes to a close many employees and job seekers alike begin to reflect on what to do differently in the New Year.

There are many reasons why an employer may reject a job candidate. We explore five reasons below which shows why the employers aren’t too keen on hiring you.

What can I do to stand out? I’m going on interviews, and more than one company has seemed interested, but when I called to follow up, now they are looking at more candidates. Did I not interview well? What’s a way to find out?

‘Grad school is the snooze button on the alarm clock of life,’ and then urge the reader to seek out people currently holding jobs they aspire to and ask if a degree is REALLY required.

Your cover letters are an introductory sales pitch with the purpose of persuading employers that reviewing your resume is a good use of their time. The last thing you want to do is give them a reason to eliminate you from the candidate pool.

The following topics should not be mentioned in your cover letter: